OT: Claude Noel "exploring opportunities"

SensibleGuy · Mar 25, 2015

Hmmm, just heard he's parted ways with the WHL team he'd coached for a few months. Surprising...apparently something about potential "pro opportunities..."

broinwhyteridge · Mar 25, 2015

Wouldn't that be resigned?

Aavco Cup · Mar 25, 2015

Sounds like it's a mutual thing not fired per se

@darrendupont: The Vancouver Giants and head coach Claud Noel are mutually parting ways. Giants saying Noel is looking to pursue pro opportunities. #WHL

seasontixholder* · Mar 25, 2015

Doesn't surprise me. Cost the Jets 2.5 years of development. Never liked him as the Moose coach either. His head coach tenure is done. He'll be lucky to be a assistant coach in the AHL now. Sorry to be negative but it's the truth.

seasontixholder* · Mar 25, 2015

Aavco Cup said:
Sounds like it's a mutual thing not fired per se

@darrendupont: The Vancouver Giants and head coach Claud Noel are mutually parting ways. Giants saying Noel is looking to pursue pro opportunities. #WHL

Question. Didn't he have a losing record for the Giants and the Jets?

SensibleGuy · Mar 25, 2015

Yeah sorry the title was off...when I heard the story on 1290 it initially was presented as a firing but ended up sounding more like a mutual parting of the ways...

*fixed now.

Thai jet* · Mar 25, 2015

Agree

seasontixholder said:
Doesn't surprise me. Cost the Jets 2.5 years of development. Never liked him as the Moose coach either. His head coach tenure is done. He'll be lucky to be a assistant coach in the AHL now. Sorry to be negative but it's the truth.

Cannot argue with this. How was he hired by the Jets when Hitch was available? It raises serious concerns on ownership interference with hockey operation.

Gnova · Mar 25, 2015

Thai jet said:
Cannot argue with this. How was he hired by the Jets when Hitch was available? It raises serious concerns on ownership interference with hockey operation.

Hitchcock's coaching style is not in line with True North.

Channelcat · Mar 25, 2015

The season was over and Claude wasn't going to spend the next couple years coaching a rebuilding junior team. I don't think this was a big surprise.

edit........but I hope he isn't the next Moose coach!

jetkarma* · Mar 25, 2015

Channelcat said:
The season was over and Claude wasn't going to spend the next couple years coaching a rebuilding junior team. I don't think this was a big surprise.

edit........but I hope he isn't the next Moose coach!

He's not going to be , thankfully.

seasontixholder* · Mar 25, 2015

Wouldn't it be great to have Noel replace scarface PJ Stock or Nick the anti-jet Kypreos or Strombo-nehead? That's Noel's true calling. Best post game pressers as an NHL coach.

SLAYER · Mar 25, 2015

seasontixholder said:
Wouldn't it be great to have Noel replace PJ Stock or that bozo nick Kypreos or Strombo-nehead? That's Noel's true calling. Best post game pressers as an NHL coach.

Stock or Kypreos leaving would be fine with me. Quite like Strombo though.....

That being said, would love to see Noel transition to media. His post game pressers were the best.

SCP Guy · Mar 25, 2015

He is going to be the new spokes person for...........................

seasontixholder* · Mar 25, 2015

vToSLAYER said:
Stock or Kypreos leaving would be fine with me. Quite like Strombo though.....

That being said, would love to see Noel transition to media. His post game pressers were the best.

Wow! I need to write this down. Haven't found any friend or family in Canada that likes Strombo.

SLAYER · Mar 25, 2015

seasontixholder said:
Wow! I need to write this down. Haven't found any friend or family in Canada that likes Strombo.

Hahahaha I've liked him since I was a kid and he was a VJ on Much.

While I will agree that his hosting of HNIC and national SN hockey broadcasts Isn't as great as his other work, I'm still a fan. Loved his talk show.

sipowicz · Mar 25, 2015

seasontixholder said:
Wouldn't it be great to have Noel replace scarface PJ Stock or Nick the anti-jet Kypreos or Strombo-nehead? That's Noel's true calling. Best post game pressers as an NHL coach.

Noel would be great on any hockey panel, he would (is) better than just about anyone on SN!

seasontixholder* · Mar 25, 2015

sipowicz said:
noel would be great on any hockey panel, he would (is) better than just about anyone on sn!

^^^ this! ^^^

DudeWhereIsMakar · Mar 25, 2015

If he wants to return to Winnipeg the best he will get is the Winnipeg Sharks AAA Midget

SensibleGuy · Mar 25, 2015

vToSLAYER said:
Hahahaha I've liked him since I was a kid and he was a VJ on Much.

While I will agree that his hosting of HNIC and national SN hockey broadcasts Isn't as great as his other work, I'm still a fan. Loved his talk show.

wow...I really really disliked him back in his VJ days (and I actually like the sorts of music he advocated at the time) and my dislike (nay, hatred) of him has grown ever since. He's so sickeningly smarmy and insincere and "overly interested" all the time, and the punk affectations (the "do's" and skinny pants and skinny ties and yadda yadda) bug the hell out of me. I also find him utterly un-funny anytime I've seen him doing anything that was supposed to be funny. When he used to deliver his opening rant on his interview show the "jokes" just always fell flat for me...I just find him annoying as hell. He's tried to be a sort of "punk renaissance man" - sort of a punkier version of what everyone thought Jian Ghomeshi was - but he's not nearly smart enough, nor punk enough to pull it off.

sully1410 · Mar 25, 2015

SensibleGuy said:
wow...I really really disliked him back in his VJ days (and I actually like the sorts of music he advocated at the time) and my dislike (nay, hatred) of him has grown ever since. He's so sickeningly smarmy and insincere and "overly interested" all the time, and the punk affectations (the "do's" and skinny pants and skinny ties and yadda yadda) bug the hell out of me. I also find him utterly un-funny anytime I've seen him doing anything that was supposed to be funny. When he used to deliver his opening rant on his interview show the "jokes" just always fell flat for me...I just find him annoying as hell. He's tried to be a sort of "punk renaissance man" - sort of a punkier version of what everyone thought Jian Ghomeshi was - but he's not nearly smart enough, nor punk enough to pull it off.

I don't like him.because hes a vegan.

HannuJ · Mar 25, 2015

maybe the Leafs?

garret9 · Mar 25, 2015

On the topic of Noel, I agree that his calling is probably more funny guy on a panel, although I'm skeptical that he would lift the panel's hockey knowledge average.

SensibleGuy said:
wow...I really really disliked him back in his VJ days (and I actually like the sorts of music he advocated at the time) and my dislike (nay, hatred) of him has grown ever since. He's so sickeningly smarmy and insincere and "overly interested" all the time, and the punk affectations (the "do's" and skinny pants and skinny ties and yadda yadda) bug the hell out of me. I also find him utterly un-funny anytime I've seen him doing anything that was supposed to be funny. When he used to deliver his opening rant on his interview show the "jokes" just always fell flat for me...I just find him annoying as hell. He's tried to be a sort of "punk renaissance man" - sort of a punkier version of what everyone thought Jian Ghomeshi was - but he's not nearly smart enough, nor punk enough to pull it off.

He was pretty punk, even if his appearance was probably more poser punk to many... but you can only work in mainstream media so much if you go all the way.

When I used to talk to him, there was barely an underground punk, metal, or hardcore band in Canada that he didn't know about, like legit know songs, stories, and deep information. I'm talking bands that regularly played to 50-100 kids, even my own bands. Ya that was part of his job to know certain bands, but there were many that would never had Much Music potential that he knew about.

He was quick to support small bands, buying merch and music.

Royale With Cheese · Mar 25, 2015

SensibleGuy said:
wow...I really really disliked him back in his VJ days (and I actually like the sorts of music he advocated at the time) and my dislike (nay, hatred) of him has grown ever since. He's so sickeningly smarmy and insincere and "overly interested" all the time, and the punk affectations (the "do's" and skinny pants and skinny ties and yadda yadda) bug the hell out of me. I also find him utterly un-funny anytime I've seen him doing anything that was supposed to be funny. When he used to deliver his opening rant on his interview show the "jokes" just always fell flat for me...I just find him annoying as hell. He's tried to be a sort of "punk renaissance man" - sort of a punkier version of what everyone thought Jian Ghomeshi was - but he's not nearly smart enough, nor punk enough to pull it off.

He is Canada's hipster hockey dufus. It's a travesty that he's on there.

SensibleGuy · Mar 25, 2015

garret9 said:
On the topic of Noel, I agree that his calling is probably more funny guy on a panel, although I'm skeptical that he would lift the panel's hockey knowledge average.

He was pretty punk, even if his appearance was probably more poser punk to many... but you can only work in mainstream media so much if you go all the way.

When I used to talk to him, there was barely an underground punk, metal, or hardcore band in Canada that he didn't know about, like legit know songs, stories, and deep information. I'm talking bands that regularly played to 50-100 kids, even my own bands. Ya that was part of his job to know certain bands, but there were many that would never had Much Music potential that he knew about.

He was quick to support small bands, buying merch and music.

oh hey I'm sure he's not a bad guy...I'm just talking about how he comes across on the teevee.

Bartho · Mar 25, 2015

garret9 said:
On the topic of Noel, I agree that his calling is probably more funny guy on a panel, although I'm skeptical that he would lift the panel's hockey knowledge average.

He was pretty punk, even if his appearance was probably more poser punk to many... but you can only work in mainstream media so much if you go all the way.

When I used to talk to him, there was barely an underground punk, metal, or hardcore band in Canada that he didn't know about, like legit know songs, stories, and deep information. I'm talking bands that regularly played to 50-100 kids, even my own bands. Ya that was part of his job to know certain bands, but there were many that would never had Much Music potential that he knew about.

He was quick to support small bands, buying merch and music.

Yep, he used to wear my band's shirt on Much Music so I have a soft spot for Strombo.

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