Coaching change in Carolina

[nyisles16]

Laviolette has reportedly been fired from the Hurricanes.. being replaced by......................... former Canes coach Paul Maurice.

Way to reach out on that one guys!

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=258260&l...=topStory_main

[Qb]

Strange choice to bring back Maurice, although he is well-regarded by NHL types if I'm not mistaken. I like Laviolette if for no other reason than he encouraged his teams to play aggressively (ie, no trap). He'll find another job soon enough and it wouldn't surprise me to see him behind the bench next season...

[bad_philanthropy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Qb

Strange choice to bring back Maurice, although he is well-regarded by NHL types if I'm not mistaken. I like Laviolette if for no other reason than he encouraged his teams to play aggressively (ie, no trap). He'll find another job soon enough and it wouldn't surprise me to see him behind the bench next season...

Even though he had a garbage team in Toronto, Maurice is a pretty bad coach. Really nice guy, but bad coach.

[J0nnD0ugh]

I don't get this change @ all. Carolina haas been pretty stable when its come to their head coaches. Especially compared to other teams in the NHL. I don't know what they expect Paul Maurice to do. I think they Canes made some changes & aren't getting the results they expected. That's the GM, not the coach.

[mercalnd]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

Even though he had a garbage team in Toronto, Maurice is a pretty bad coach. Really nice guy, but bad coach.

He did take the Canes to a Finals appearance though.

[shark17]

This only proves that when you are a coach in the NHL one day you have job security....the next you could be filing for unemployment...I just don't know why coaches seem to get fired so much quicker in the NHL then other sports....It seems like as soon as something goes wrong fire the coach....Just ask anyone who has coached for New Jersey......

[Donovan]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

Even though he had a garbage team in Toronto, Maurice is a pretty bad coach. Really nice guy, but bad coach.

WTF? I wholeheartidly disagree. The guy is an excellent coach, analytical, a thinker, knows his personal and how to play them better than so many coaches. He's had average to below average teams over the years and has usually gotten decent results.

[bad_philanthropy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Donovan

WTF? I wholeheartidly disagree. The guy is an excellent coach, analytical, a thinker, knows his personal and how to play them better than so many coaches. He's had average to below average teams over the years and has usually gotten decent results.

He was pretty schizo with the players when he was coaching the Leafs, making all kinds of odd personnel decisions, like turning Steen from an offensive player to a shutdown defensive forward. His love affair with Andy Wozniewski, he also failed to implement any sort of defensive system, improve the PK, or the PP, the success of the last two depends heavily on coaching. It was a terrible roster and an awful GM, but Maurice wasn't able to gain the respect of the team, and wasn't able to get much improvement out any of the young players.