Management dumped Julien to save their own jobs last time . Julien's a great coach the habs gave up a draft pick for him way back when he was in Hamilton. He went to Jersey and did well was in first place when Lou took over to coach for a cup , stupid move that was. Its the old deal fire the coach if nothing improves its fire sale time. Habs have no scoring for 4th straight yr... I will never forget when the media ran Randy Cunneyworth out of town , what an ignorant group they are.
Media seems to run the show in Montreal......trouble is that the media cares about being French more than they care about the Habs. Habs management has bowed to the media onslaught before on occasion thru threatened boycotts etc etc....big mistake to allow the media that kind of power. Toronto media isn`t a whole lot different....they just love to see themselves in print so they create stories to get themselves heard....it doesn`t matter if it`s detrimental to the team or what.
Bergevin has called a media session at 11am today to explain the firing/hiring.
Wonder how long it`s going to take Julien to strip the "C" off Pacioretty..............if I remember correctly it was Julien who bench Maxine repeatedly for not backchecking and floating. I`m thinking next season the Habs have a new captain, the right choice would be Weber if not Price who is their leader.....but wait.....Weber doesn`t speak French, neither does Price.. In the past the media has demanded the captain spoke French so he could talk to them in French thus shutting out Anglo speaking reporters. Pacioretty....I have no idea if he speaks French or not.
Still ....French or not.....Julien was the best man for the job and I`m sure the players are very happy to see Therrien pack his bags.
Last edited by The Cobra; 02-15-2017 at 03:55 PM.
Not so sure..........he got Shea Weber for Subban and that`s huge...not just for the obvious upgrade in defense but Weber`s ability to teach by example the young kids in Montreal how to play defense.
But you`re right....if the Habs don`t turn it around somewhat with Julien another suit will fall.
coaching (young) millionaires is a tough job ,,, a coach needs to wear many hats some of which don't
fit due to big heads !!
Firing coaches is nothing new and should come as no surprise ,, Tampa did it , Pittsburgh did it , Washington did it ,,
the Leafs do it every year
Once a coach losses the reigns the horses run wild
et le buuuuuuuutttt
Only TWO no-go players on the Canadiens:Price & Weber.Everyone else is fair game.