Carlyle Fired

[MSZ]

Who are GM’s that have been head coaches at the same time? Off the top of my head: Pat Quinn with Leafs, Bryan Murray with Sens, Lou Lamoriello with NJ, Darryl Sutter with Flames

Jacques Martin and Scotty Bowman. I probably still miss a few guys too, feel free to add to the list.

 

[Terry Yake]

Any word why Murray is taking over instead of letting an assistant or bringing up the AHL coach for the rest of the year?

because they're too cheap to pay someone else and they're tanking

 

[Taluss]

Psst Dorion see its possible to do something when your f***ing sucking

 

[Mike Jones]

Who are GM’s that have been head coaches at the same time? Off the top of my head: Pat Quinn with Leafs, Bryan Murray with Sens, Lou Lamoriello with NJ, Darryl Sutter with Flames

Sutter was a better coach than he was a GM. He should never have taken the promotion (I think he went from coach to GM).

 

[justafan22]

Lou, Quinn, Sutter, MacTavish, Bryan Murray all had coaching history when they went downstairs.

I've never seen a team do this with a guy who has little to none.

 

[HabsQC]

Jacques Martin and Scotty Bowman. I probably still miss a few guys too, feel free to add to the list.

Bob Gainey with Montreal twice
Didn't Lou do it too when he fired Julien ?

 

[Crease]

Always interesting when the GM comes down from his tower to coach.

 

[justafan22]

eakins has done a very good job in SD

no head coach could have had success with those disastrous oilers teams. krueger got the most out of that bunch and then was fired

If he sucks next year (assuming he gets the job) then it's a fair criticism

 

[8816 others]

Wait. Their NHL and AHL coaches were Carlyle and Eakins?

Oh wow.

They also employ Dave Nonis as a scout.

 

[Terry Yake]

Lou, Quinn, Sutter, MacTavish, Bryan Murray all had coaching history when they went downstairs.

I've never seen a team do this with a guy who has little to none.

only instance in pro sports i know of where a GM coached a team without any previous coaching experience was when marlins GM dan jennings became their interim manager a few years back. unless you count coaching high school baseball

 

[PromisedLand]

Congratulations Ducks fans. Took your GM long enough......

 

[PromisedLand]

Murray probably won't do much better but I think he likely wants to see what he has in the locker room and to identify who is apart of the solution and who needs to go.

with TDL right around the corner; I think this is a pro-active move to identify first hand instead of hearing from the coach about the players.

 

[bukwas]

Unfortunately i believe they waited too long.

 

[NotYou]

This is going to be hilarious

 

[PromisedLand]

awww gritty was cute as a baby

 

[8816 others]

Missed opportunity by the Bar Down crew

 

[PromisedLand]

Seems like a nice guy but he’s a terrible coach. Crazy that he lasted so long.

That said, could be about a 25% chance he ends up in Edmonton.

Edmonton wasted a BIG opportunity not to grab Trotz when he was available. Carlyle isn't going to change anything there; if at all - the way his systems work I think it might get even worse

 

[Osprey]

Murray is awfully clever. He fired Carlyle, but he's replaced him with perhaps the one person liable to do a worse job: himself, considering that he has no coaching experience whatsoever. That's how you preserve the tank.

 

[PromisedLand]

Protecting Eakins Ducks record by not having him start during a tank.

Team doesn't want to pay anyone else, just have the GM coach. Nice.

or Murray is gonna make sure that Ducks tank the right way and get Hughes

 

[snowave]

This is really going to be interesting, and most likely very entertaining with BM behind the bench.. I guess if you're not going to hire a real coach, then maybe just crash and burn in dramatic fashion.

 

[kducks]

Ducks are the new Oilers


Embarrassing

Did I miss all the number one picks? One bad season doesn't even make them close to the Oilers. Funny part in for all their bad this season, they just barely got passed by the teams in the west in the standings.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Did I miss all the number one picks? One bad season doesn't even make them close to the Oilers. Funny part in for all their bad this season, they just barely got passed by the teams in the west in the standings.

If Ducks didn't have Gibson, they'd be close to the new Oilers. Heck it's actually debatable if they'd be in even worse shape than the Oilers if they had the same caliber goaltending as them during their darkest years.

 

[Hockeyholic]

I could see R.C. being hired as head coach in Philly, St. Louis, Edmonton, or Chicago. At the end of the year of course.

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

Melnyk watching Anaheim's cost-cutting staff recycling measures:

 

[Hockeypete49]

They looked liked walking death yesterday here in Philly. Carter Hart made some big stops at the get go and it was all down hill from there. You just knew the shoe was going to drop after that game.