BetweenThePipes00 Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 No link yet, just saw the AP news alert move ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetweenThePipes00 Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Link - http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/hurrica...ry/1318651.html Maurice to return ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 12-11-2 and they fire him? Maybe he should have come up with idea of "wiping the slate clean" and having a "fresh start". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_Dudley Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Whoa sounds like he's talking about our favorite team there doesn't it ? With the Canes struggling to win at home, struggling to score goals and woeful on the power play, general manager Jim Rutherford apparently elected to make a change. Rutherford has said he did not want a repeat of last season, when a slide in late-November and early December cost his team the points needs to reach the playoffs. Rutherford has questioned the effort of the team this season. Deluca does make me wonder though, maybe you can have a coach stay too long in one place... :rolleyes: One thing I do know now there 2 ex stanley cup winning coaches available with him and Torts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcongkorab Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I saw this coming a mile away. PL almost didn't make it to this season. There was a period at the end of last season when Rutherford gave the local media the impression that Laviolette was in trouble and left him swinging in the wind for a few days before announcing he would definetly be back. Think Lindy will be looking over his shoulder if the Suck on Ice that is the current Sabres continues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Whoa sounds like he's talking about our favorite team there doesn't it ?Deluca does make me wonder though, maybe you can have a coach stay too long in one place... :rolleyes: One thing I do know now there 2 ex stanley cup winning coaches available with him and Torts Sometimes a change is needed. Longevity is nice as long as you're winning. If the Sabres miss the playoffs this season won't it be 5 out of the last 7 without playoffs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 "We will not change the identity of the team," Maurice said. "It's built a certain way, built for speed. We will make some adjustments but the speed is the thing people enjoy about this team." Looks like another GM who hasn't realized the speed game era only worked for a season or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 there 2 ex stanley cup winning coaches available with him and Torts this is an excellent point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Hmmm...one lucky Cup followed by two straight non-playoff years. Canes missed the playoffs in three of his four years behind the bench. Guess his luck finally ran out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I saw this coming a mile away. PL almost didn't make it to this season. There was a period at the end of last season when Rutherford gave the local media the impression that Laviolette was in trouble and left him swinging in the wind for a few days before announcing he would definetly be back. Think Lindy will be looking over his shoulder if the Suck on Ice that is the current Sabres continues? No, this is the Buffalo Sabres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante23x Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 12-11-2 and they fire him? Maybe he should have come up with idea of "wiping the slate clean" and having a "fresh start". Yeah, "wiping the slate clean" with the same players, coach, and worst of all General Manager. Just a way to trick us gullible Buffalo sports fans into thinking the team might be good and for us to keep buying tickets and jerseys to fund Tom Galisano's political campaigns. Go Sabres! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesportsbuff Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Laviolette to the Oilers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I'm just shocked you can actually fire coaches, I didn't know you could do that in the NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawerchuk Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Good. I hate the Canes because I'm still bitter about 05-06!! Shoulda been Buffalo's Cup dammit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills_fan_in_raleigh Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Good. I hate the Canes because I'm still bitter about 05-06!! Shoulda been Buffalo's Cup dammit. couldnt agree more however with them going to another retread dont think we will need to worry bout the canes much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Now that Labialette is gone perhaps my hatred of all things Hurricane will start to subside... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Balls Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I'm just shocked you can actually fire coaches, I didn't know you could do that in the NHL. This is because you're a Sabres fan. This is how DR and LQ think, and it's trickling down to us fans. I would crap purple twinkies if the Sabres, or even the Bills for that matter, fired a coach mid-season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Now that Labialette is gone perhaps my hatred of all things Hurricane will start to subside... nah... In reality though, i look back and I can't really hate the canes. I just hate the circumstances of those two weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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