Would we have made the playoffs without a coaching change?

[TaroTsujimoto]

Would the Bruins have made the playoffs if Julien were still their coach?

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[Pia8988]

Nope

 

[Dellstrom]

No. Under Julien we lose against Florida, Chicago, and Tampa. We never bounce back from that 4 game losing streak.

 

[ashnathan]

Nope, we'd be picking 12-14 again

 

[Midship]

Landslide early on

 

[Fenway]

No way - we just squeaked in even with playing as well as they have.

 

[Mpasta]

"Who would the Bruins hire that would do a better job?"

 

[BruinDust]

Not a chance.

Give Sweeney credit for moving on from a cup-winning coach and giving this team exactly what it needed most.

 

[Jean_Jacket41]

We will never know.

Fact is, they are in while many thought they wouldn't.

The Bruins are trending up. I feel a 08-14 type of run is upon us.

Congrats Bruins! Now, let's make a run at it!

 

[Emerz]

Not a chance, it was a miracle if we scored over 2 goals a game this season with julien.

 

[Spanky185]

"Who would the Bruins hire that would do a better job?"

"it's a talent issue"

 

[Hali33]

No. You see how close it came for this team, that momentum after the firing was the difference.

 

[Mr Cartmenez]

Don't think so. We were in a pretty bad spot when Julien was released. It took some serious winning streak under Cassidy for the team to (barely) make it. That's not a knock on Claude, but the team didn't have any sense of urgency left under him. Sometimes parting ways is the right move and I am glad it seems to be working out well for him too, despite it being with the Scabs.

And I think all parties can agree to thank the Pats. This wouldn't have been possible without them and their parade.

 

[BruinLVGA]

Not a chance.

 

[Ryan77]

its a definite no but my answer will remain that it's not Claude coaching that is the problem it's the fact he was just here to long and the message ran stale which is completely normal. The team got a jolt from the change, players woke up and Cassidy did a good job...
Kudos to all involved

 

[Mpasta]

"it's a talent issue"

These were the 2 things I argued about the most for the past 2 years.

 

[TwineTickler]

Absolutely not

 

[SPLBRUIN]

Zero chance. Thank god Sweeney had the stones to make the move, should have happened at the end of last year, but better late then never.

 

[OT Moment]

Wow, I'm surprised at how lopsided the poll is so far. I thought some people would think it's only up to the players to make the playoffs, etc..

But yeah, I don't think we would have made it in with Julien. The team felt completely stuck and predictable.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Can't see how anyone could honestly vote yes.

And now Sweeney gets credit for the firing, although at the time many posters wanted to fire Neely for forcing it on Sweeney (with help from Sinden & Jacobs & Putin....).

 

[Ratty]

Bruins responded positively to a culture change brought about by Cassidy.

Habs ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Julien.

 

[wintersej]

Bruins needed a shake up. Julien is doing very well in Montreal. Don't think they make the playoffs without the change.

 

[finchster]

It's possible only because Bergeron, who was injured, started to turn his play around. That was equally as important.

 

[RedeyeRocketeer]

I love me some Claude, and voted no

 

[WhalerTurnedBruin55]

Claude got stale with this team and it showed. He had people in his corner, and others not.

I think the move was necessary to motivate the right players, and the change in style helped out immensely. Let's see what the post-Claude post season looks like.