Confirmed with Link: Hynes relieved of his duties, Nasreddine as Interim

[NjDevsRR]

Shero: “I have been consistent in my desire to build something here in New Jersey that earns the respect of teams throughout the league and pride in our fans. That is not where we were heading and for me to tolerate anything less was not acceptable”

Shero press conference with Nas at 5:30pm

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[Blackjack]

Finally

 

[VoidCreature]

Thank the lord.

 

[swissexpert]

Finally

 

[blink]

Finally. This should have been done a month ago at the very least.

 

[Better Call Sal]

I mean it when I say I feel bad for the guy.

I think he can coach the right group of players for his mentality and I think he's a great guy.

But this had to be done. It absolutely had to.

 

[billingtons ghost]

Thank God. Good timing, not sure that Nas is any kind of an answer, but obviously anything at this point is a positive. Nowhere to go but up.

 

[Devilsfan118]

DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Maybe Nas is actually decent, and Hynes wouldn't let him do what he thought was best. While we may not like it, if this is the case and Nas actually knows what he's doing... I'm not gonna fault a guy for wanting to keep his job (in lieu of stepping down).

 

[Colin226]

Shero: “I have been consistent in my desire to build something here in New Jersey that earns the respect of teams throughout the league and pride in our fans. That is not where we were heading and for me to tolerate anything less was not acceptable”

That was a quote invented by the PR team. Real Shero would have dropped at least five F-bombs in that statement.

 

[Devils090]

Month too late and put idiot #2 in charge

great job Ray

 

[Better Call Sal]

Horachek as an assistant, I truly didn't even realize he was a scout for us.

 

[Dialamo]

Nice guy, terrible NHL coach. Wish him the best, but NHL coaching is not his thing.

 

[OmNomNom]

new ass coach in Peter Horachek, who is a pro scout

 

[RememberTheName]

Shero: “I have been consistent in my desire to build something here in New Jersey that earns the respect of teams throughout the league and pride in our fans. That is not where we were heading and for me to tolerate anything less was not acceptable”

Damn, that quote from Shero. Seems like a response to the Buffalo broadcast saying it didn't seem like the Devils weren't even trying on the ice

 

[JK3]

"Alain Nasreddine will start in his role for tonight's game versus Vegas. He heads up the staff of Horachek and existing assistants Rick Kowalsky, Mike Grier and goaltending coach, Roland Melanson."

Dammit I read this as exiting, get rid of all these bums!!!

 

[Better Call Sal]

Month too late and put idiot #2 in charge

great job Ray

Who ya gonna put in charge instead?

It's an interim head coach for a reason. Interim.

 

[regulahbread]

Glad he's gone, but I'm not thrilled about Nas being HC or Kowalsky being kept around, but let's see what happens.

 

[Comparison Ford]

still an AHL staff, hope for the best but with Nas getting the promotion it seems like a lateral move.

none of these guys should be promoted, they should be replaced.

 

[Devils090]

Who ya gonna put in charge instead?

It's an interim head coach for a reason. Interim.

Fitz

Nas has made every single D-man regress and his system sucks. Idc about interim he should lose his job too.

 

[aero8279]

"Alain Nasreddine will start in his role for tonight's game versus Vegas. He heads up the staff of Horachek and existing assistants Rick Kowalsky, Mike Grier and goaltending coach, Roland Melanson."

Dammit I read this as exiting, get rid of all these bums!!!

i want them all gone too but probably canning an entire staff during the season has to be hard to do. hopefully everybody gets fired at the end of the year and this team can start from scratch with all new voices who don't come from pittsburgh,

 

[RememberTheName]

still an AHL staff, hope for the best but with Nas getting the promotion it seems like a lateral move.

none of these guys should be promoted, they should be replaced.

It's an interim head coach. AKA not permanent.

Nas will only remain head coach until Shero can find a suitable replacement for John Hynes.

 

[Beetlebum]

They have managed to make it worse which is pretty impressive considering how bad things are.

 

[MNDevilsfan]

He should've been gone after that awful six game stretch to open the season. I'm glad a change was finally made I guess, but after a summer where you go and make the sort of moves Shero made it is baffling to me that he waited until it's probably too late to make this one.

 

[None Shall Pass]

I'm willing to give Nas ten games before judging. Apparently he was a "head coach" in the preseason and we bodied the preseason, so.