The Rise And Fall Of Mike Sullivan...
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Except Buffalo has been on about 5 or 6 head coaches since Sullivan was hired by Pittsburgh. Sullivan is the same head coach that was there when they last won the cup.
I assume you're a Vegas fan, Pittsburgh has had the same head coach since before Vegas was even a team and Marc-Andre Fleury was still a goalie there. Vegas has had 3 head coaches since then and has missed the playoffs only one year and reaches at least the conference finals every other year.
If not for those back to back cups he would have been fired after last season. Some GM's may have even fired him after 2022-2023 on the first playoff miss, just because they had zero playoff success in the 3 seasons they made it before that miss. They even embarrassingly got swept (I think it was a sweep?) out of the playoffs by Montreal in the play-in round in the bubble.
I agree they're old, bad and the GM is a worthless clown who only gets jobs because of how young he was when he broke in. But at this point they should have at least mercy fired Sullivan. He'll get a job immediately after this and the Pens likely won't have to pay a penny of his salary. The Rangers will fire Lavi and hire him this offseason. Unless the Pens hold him hostage another year.
"You can't expect Sullivan to win with that dogshit roster he has!"
If he wins, he's a genius; if he loses, it's somebody else's fault.
Mike Sullivan, just like that other un-fireable head coaching moron in Pittsburgh sports, has tremendous say in the composition of his roster.
Kyle Dubas may be an overrated stooge, but he did not ALL BY HIMSELF decide to load up this roster with the likes of Matt Nieto, Noel Acciari, Ryan Graves, Cody Glass, Kevin Hayes and our top-2 LDs (how sad is that) Matt Gryzelyk and the immortal Pierre-Olivier Joseph (combined totals: 1 goal, -29 in 83 games though at least Gryz can QB a power play and get some assists).
What I want for Christmas this year is what Mike Sullivan has: a Get Out Of Jail Free card that is good forever, based on some success that my employees had 8 years ago.
If he wins, he's a genius; if he loses, it's somebody else's fault.
Mike Sullivan, just like that other un-fireable head coaching moron in Pittsburgh sports, has tremendous say in the composition of his roster.
Kyle Dubas may be an overrated stooge, but he did not ALL BY HIMSELF decide to load up this roster with the likes of Matt Nieto, Noel Acciari, Ryan Graves, Cody Glass, Kevin Hayes and our top-2 LDs (how sad is that) Matt Gryzelyk and the immortal Pierre-Olivier Joseph (combined totals: 1 goal, -29 in 83 games though at least Gryz can QB a power play and get some assists).
What I want for Christmas this year is what Mike Sullivan has: a Get Out Of Jail Free card that is good forever, based on some success that my employees had 8 years ago.
