Confirmed with Link: Hextall fired, Press Conference 11/27 11am

[Hollywood Cannon]

Thank f***ing god.

 

[Curufinwe]

Ffs. Again, I am in the boat of he wouldn't fire Hak. It can be the only reason surely.

Love what you did Hex, but man did you back the wrong horse when it came to coaching. It cost you your job.

Probably means we are getting Lombardi

Two Cups, No Waiting.

 

[VladDrag]

This wasn't the best move, imo.

 

[Critical13]

Most likely someone we all love who will go on to be great on another team.

Like Ghost.

"Ryan Reaves has been dealt to the Flyers for defenceman Travis Sanheim in an effort to bring fighting back to Philly"

 

[Redpath]

The wording of this statement is practically fan fiction. I can’t believe this was blatantly stated. Would have loved to known how the Homer-Hextall dynamic has been working

 

[GKJ]

I can't believe Andrew MacDonald survived the entire Hextall tenure.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Wow...has to be BC he didnt want to fire Hakstol, which in that case Hextall should be fired

 

[Jtown]

is paul having a press conference today?

 

[healthyscratch]

He must not have been willing to get rid of Hak. This blows my mind that he was gone first.

Yep.

“Ron, Fire Hakstol”

“No”

“You’re fired.”

 

[BTrotts19]

Isles fan coming in peace...just reading the posts it sounds like the fanbase is in shock and had no idea that this could be coming. From the outsiders point of view, he seemed to be building some long term sustainability with the prospects pool. Wonder if the next guy becomes a Holmgren puppet.

 

[kelmitchell]

One jackass down, one more to go, lets go homer, send haktard back to the beet farm

 

[bennysflyers16]

Hak pulled off the ice,,,, f*** YOU HEXY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cody Webster]

Should have been Hak, not Hex

 

[BringBackHakstol]

Is the PC on TV?

 

[BigToe]

We finally did something!

 

[The Burdened]

He isn't the problem.

-hires his son's coach
-underachieve
-refuses to fire him
-lose 11 of 13
- refuses to fire him
-harm the development of several young players despite being lauded as a "youth/dev coach"
-refuse to fire him
-10 game losing streak
-refuses to fire him
-another 10 game losing streak
-refuses to fire him

doesn't sound like the solution to me. That's not even figuring Hextall's WOAT pro personnel talent evaluation and they fact that we're exiting a "rebuild" and we're still a .500 team.

I was always amazed that people refused to hold Hextall accountable for out coaching situation. Finally some accountability for this mess.

the only downside here is Hextall didn't get Provorov signed. Hextall is a great negotiator. I would've rather they waited until after Provy was signed.

 

[CSKA1974]

I have great fear, I just can't see Holmgren hiring a smart, progressive GM.
Sixers redux, here comes the hockey version of BC.

Or Homer himself

 

[Jtown]

Hak pulled off the ice,,,, **** YOU HEXY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what?

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

If you’re not part of the solution you’re part of the problem. Hexy refusing to fire hak was stalling this franchise’s progress.

Agreed. He was good for building the base, but not taking the team to the next level. Anxious for the new hire.

 

[Danko]

Really gotta wonder if they went to him and told him to fire hak and he wouldnt do it.

 

[David St Hubbins]

on instead of the press conference:

CSN Philly: Inside Golf
NBCSports Philly: Dan Patrick
NHLNetwork: regular programming (nothing about Hextall)

 

[Jtown]

-hires his son's coach
-underachieve
-refuses to fire him
-lose 11 of 13
- refuses to fire him
-10 game losing streak
-refuses to fire him
-another 10 game losing streak
-refuses to fire him

doesn't sound like the solution to me. That's not even figuring Hextall's WOAT pro personnel talent evaluation and they fact that we're exiting a "rebuild" and we're still a .500 team.

I was always amazed that people refused to hold Hextall accountable for out coaching situation. Finally some accountability for this mess.

the only downside here is Hextall didn't get Provorov signed. Hextall is a great negotiator. I would've rather they waited until after Provy was signed.

we have only had 10 game losing streak

 

[FlyersMania2]

Wow...has to be BC he didnt want to fire Hakstol, which in that case Hextall should be fired

Yup that's the "philosophical" difference.

What an ego on Hextall - that's the only way you get canned and they say that - you ignore your bosses because you always think you know better

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

Something feels wrong about this.

I wish he would’ve just fired Haktard, really don’t think he deserved to be fired aside from keeping the coach; He was infinitely too loyal.

 

[VladDrag]

I got a text saying Quennville as Coach/GM - anyone hearing that for real?