Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
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Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
Just announced on Senators team Twitter.
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
Well, when you call out not only the players, but the GM as well, in the post-game, you're probably getting fired.
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
But dat moustache.
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
lol From what I saw on HNIC, he was doomed.
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
I heard before the PIT game that he was on thin ice and if he didn't get some wins over the next 3 games he would be gone. I guess beating Vancouver wasn't enough.
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
#Blysmagic
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
Outta nowhere after a win no less
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
I guess they took that quote re: Penguins game seriously. He's a good coach. That's too bad.
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
What did he say? I must have missed it.
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
Basically, they asked him about facing Sidney Crosby and he said...
"I'm scared to death of who we're playing...and who I'm playing..."
Something along those lines. Apparently their chintzy owner and stubborn GM didn't care too much for the remark about a team with Kyle Turris as its first line center...
"I'm scared to death of who we're playing...and who I'm playing..."
Something along those lines. Apparently their chintzy owner and stubborn GM didn't care too much for the remark about a team with Kyle Turris as its first line center...
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
Ahh, the old "canned for telling the truth," eh?
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
why anyone should have expected ottawa to do anything for the past few years is beyond me. they haven't had the talent to compete for some time now. the fact that he got to the 2nd round of the playoffs a couple years ago should have earned him some serious brownie points.
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
Correctamundo. Some feel that Dave Cameron is Eugene Melnyk's guy anyhow...either way, MacLean was the fall guy, it was just a matter of when...in the end, it will be the best for him...he shouldn't be out of work for too long I'm guessing...
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
Year 1 of a 3 year deal is an odd time to do it. I guess nothing should surprise me, but flushing millions down the drain on firing a coach you knew wasn't going to see the end of his deal makes me shake my head.mikey287 wrote:Correctamundo. Some feel that Dave Cameron is Eugene Melnyk's guy anyhow...either way, MacLean was the fall guy, it was just a matter of when...in the end, it will be the best for him...he shouldn't be out of work for too long I'm guessing...
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
Especially for ownership in Ottawa, so no doubt that they'll hire from within...Dave Cameron would have to lose out for him to get fired I'd assume...
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
More coaches get fired in year 1 of a new contract than would seem coincidental... Buyer's remorse?
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
iseewhatyoudidthere.pyFLPensFan wrote:I heard before the PIT game that he was on thin ice and if he didn't get some wins over the next 3 games he would be gone. I guess beating Vancouver wasn't enough.
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
Has there been a statement from his doppelganger yet?
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
and yet Dallas Eakins continues to be employed.......
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
Craig Mactavish swears up and down that it is on-ice execution and has nothing to do with coaching.
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
I'd say it has more to do with Steve Tambellini than Dallas Eakins or Craig MacTavish.
They've gone through how many coaches since they drafted Taylor Hall? 3? Even Pat Quinn had trouble getting something out of their roster prior to drafting Hall (which is why they got him in the first place).
It definitely seems more like a player issue than it does a coach issue there in Edmonton, but I don't think Dallas Eakins is the guy for that job. They need someone to start physically beating these guys, because they're terrible.
They've gone through how many coaches since they drafted Taylor Hall? 3? Even Pat Quinn had trouble getting something out of their roster prior to drafting Hall (which is why they got him in the first place).
It definitely seems more like a player issue than it does a coach issue there in Edmonton, but I don't think Dallas Eakins is the guy for that job. They need someone to start physically beating these guys, because they're terrible.
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
Loved the quote this guy said after we took them in 5 games during the playoffs. "I want to thank Pittsburgh for putting on a clinic for us" or something to that extent.
If Johnston wasn't fairing so well I would of loved to have him.
If Johnston wasn't fairing so well I would of loved to have him.
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Re: Paul MacLean fired as OTT coach.
LOL. Looks like joke's on you Mr. Walrus.Damien Cox retweeted
Hockey Central @SNHockeyCentral 49m49 minutes ago
"I thought we lost four games in a row. I didn't think we lost our sense of humour." - Paul MacLean