Carlyle fired, Murray to assume HC position

[GermanRocket7]

This is getting weirder and weirder.

 

[Dirk316]

This goes to show all along this was not the type of team Carlyle wanted and was forced to ice.

 

[Opak]

Talk about plot twists that you don't see coming. What the **** is going on?

 

[bsu]

We are so cheap we have to have GM do 2 jobs......

 

[snarktacular]

Tank Commander Bob Murray finally assuming his true rightful position. Chugga chugga straight down to Hughestown.

Dundundun
Won't you tank me to
dundundun
Drafting Hughes?

 

[Static]

Also, this pretty much confirms they also don't want to pay anyone else. Henry told him from the Bahamas, if you want to fire him you can coach the team.

 

[Kalv]

Lol

But this might mean that we dont have money for another coach? Is it even possible?

 

[mightyquack]

Hopefully we can hire Rickard Grönberg. That’s a name I would love.

At this point, I'd be willing to bet Eakins is all but guaranteed to be the next HC. Just that the season is already lost and San Diego look like they might go deep in the playoffs so BM doesn't want to disrupt that on a lost season in the NHL

 

[Unholy]

About f***ing time. Never should've been back. GMBM should be on the hot seat after creating this mess.

 

[Nurmagomedov]

This smells like BM punishing the players. Like, 'you wanna tune out the coach, fine, let's see you tune me out'.

I hate it.

 

[Terry Yake]

LOL @ murray coaching the team. i mean yeah he's just the interim but they really couldn't just promote one of the assistants?

the thought of murray coaching the team is hilarious. its almost like they're actually trying to become the laughingstock of the NHL

but let's just rejoice at the fact that RC is finally gone. low key bummed out they fired him now and not after the next home game. i was hoping there would be fire RC chants

 

[KyleJRM]

We are so cheap we have to have GM do 2 jobs......

He’s also executive VP

 

[bsu]

He’s also executive VP

And the head chef, head of security, public relations, social media director

 

[Ducks DVM]

Wasn’t Boston the last team that did this?

 

[snarktacular]

BM can’t coach, but neither could RC


This is three things :
1 - no coaches available on the market right now and leave San Diego alone
2- too cheap to pay two coaches
3 - Murray gets to watch the players in person and see who isn't trying. Don't try, get traded.

This leads a lot of credence to a few theories, like Bob not wanting to mess up San Diego being a factor(well Dregs confirmed that) and that paying two coaches was a factor.

Kind of glad Bob's the interim coach as I was always afraid of an interim coach catching fire and possibly keeping the job. Won't happen now, and will definitely be interesting to watch.

Yeah my mind went the same way about San Diego. Less so about the "pay two coaches." That only matters if Carlyle doesn't get a job elsewhere (lol) or if there were even someone available to pay.

 

[GermanRocket7]

This goes to show all along this was not the type of team Carlyle wanted and was forced to ice.

Goes to show that it is pityful how you can still try to come up with excuses for Carlyle time and again, when the whole world has long since figured out he's a fossil that never should have been kept around in the NHL for half a decade in the first place.

 

[branmuffin17]

Gretzky did this too though, in a way, right? Wasn't he part owner of the Yotes and also coached?

 

[ohcomeonref]

BM is probably going to kill at as HC and save the season!.. By motivating the team to a 17th place finish.

 

[ShadowDuck]

“We’re going to play with 6 skaters and no goalie the rest of the way, I have high hopes that we will win every game the rest of the season.”

GM/Coach Bob Murray

 

[GreatBear]

Something had to be done, if only to appease the fans. The play of the team on this last road trip was a disgrace. I have never seen a team play and lose so badly for a five game stretch. Despite what they may have said, the players had given up on RC.

I don't expect a major turn around, but it should cause the players to perk up a bit. The team was so psychologically beaten down playing for RC that simply removing him will generate more effort. I am not worried that BM has not coached before. He will, at least, set a new tone in the locker room, while letting the assistant coaches do much of the actual coaching work with the players.

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

The GM taking over isn't that weird, Lou's done it a couple times(even coached in the playoffs) and years ago a full time dual role wasn't that uncommon. More old school than anything, I guess, but nothing that has me really worried.

 

[Arthuros]

?????????

 

[mightyquack]

Any word on that front office position? Or is he quietly shelving that plan until the summer where he can slide him back into the fold quietly.

 

[Static]

The GM taking over isn't that weird, Lou's done it a couple times(even coached in the playoffs) and years ago a full time dual role wasn't that uncommon. More old school than anything, I guess, but nothing that has me really worried.

It's just really funny because hes never coached, and he's never really been in the spotlight. Now we will get daily quotes.

 

[bsu]

Any word on that front office position? Or is he quietly shelving that plan until the summer where he can slide him back into the fold quietly.

Yes, they won't do that now everyone hates Carlyle.