GDT: UTAH vs PIT Sat Nov 23 @7pm

BobCole

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What leads us to believe they will can him? I don't know anything other than the fact that there have been at least a half-dozen or so games since the beginning of last season and now that had me thinking, "they *have* to make a change after this game, right?"
 
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I've repeatedly advocated for Jeff Halpern from Tampa. But it's unlikely he'd be allowed to leave midseason.

Montgomery or Woodcroft would be palatable.

But I think if they fire Sullivan, they'll have Vellucci just be the interim.
No they'd quickly hire Montgomery if he's available, that's a no brainer even for Kindergarten Kyle.

They'd probably fire Quinn with Sullivan though as the playoff is still ass with him and the defense even worse. Vellucci has at least done well with the PK.
 
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I think Sullivan is fired within two weeks. I mean it. This team is too bad, affects the psychology of the entire org if you are getting embarrassed every night. They don’t care if the team is bad but I don’t think this is sustainable.
Yeah I mean after a certain point you would think you have to. At this point it would be a mercy to both Sully and the players.
 

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No they'd quickly hire Montgomery if he's available, that's a no brainer even for Kindergarten Kyle.

They'd probably fire Quinn with Sullivan though as the playoff is still ass with him and the defense even worse. Vellucci has at least done well with the PK.
You're assuming Montgomery is interested.

Other teams will make moves. He may wait until a contender panics.

Or he'll wait until the offseason when he can leverage multiple openings.
 
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Montgomery or Nelson for me.

Montgomery would be the easy top choice unless he declines and then I'd go Nelson. Woodcroft not coaching anywhere right now is weird for me.

Also Woodcroft looks weird, kind of creepy lol.
Woodcroft looks like a doll that has animated and come to life.

Don't think he's a bad coach though
 
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What leads us to believe they will can him? I don't know anything other than the fact that there have been at least a half-dozen or so games since the beginning of last season and now that had me thinking, "they *have* to make a change after this game, right?"
Because they aren’t just blowing leads, they are getting blown out and the wins or moral victories have totally dried up. The cars not just failing to start every other day, it just doesn’t go.
 

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Woodcroft looks like a doll that has animated and come to life.

Don't think he's a bad coach though
I think Woodcroft did well in Edmonton, even the year he was fired his underlying numbers and the shit roster he had for depth wasn't much of his fault, they're about the same in those areas this year just a slightly better record.

Montgomery would be the top choice.

Woodcroft or Nelson if he wasn't available would be fine by me. All 3 coaches would use this roster better than Sullivan.
 
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BobCole

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Because they aren’t just blowing leads, they are getting blown out and the wins or moral victories have totally dried up. The cars not just failing to start every other day, it just doesn’t go.
I mean I totally agree that it's looooong past time, but I've also been incredulous several times in the last 12+ months after games that I was sure he'd be fired. I don't see it happening now. Obviously I'd love to be wrong.
 

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Nah, Sully's done. They just won't fire him in-season. Dude's getting fired though imo.
I joke February 21st because of their love and respect for him but that's also ridiculous for a franchise to do. To keep allowing this because you love a bloke for what he did in the past is ridiculous.

But that's how stupid FSG is.
 

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This is painful hockey to watch and only be rewarded with one goal.
They can’t score and they can’t defend and the goaltending is lousy and so is the coaching…what else is there lol? At least the video assistants are good…
 

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They can’t score and they can’t defend and the goaltending is lousy and so is the coaching…what else is there lol? At least the video assistants are good…
And the worst is knowing firing the coach fixes two of the other problems but they will f*** up with trading more players away only for Sullivan to continue to coach them like shit.
 
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