Hire Clode (Montreal Canadiens Edition)

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Because he's the greatest coach in team history, he's been here for 10 years, brought them a Cup, and it'd be incredibly petty and a dick move to deny him one of 29 job opportunities in the entire world in his profession?
 

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Not to mention they might be diving into the coaching market in 3 months and such a move could sour potential candidates.

Also, they just fired the guy. If they're scared enough of him going to a rival to deny him access to an interview, then they are essentially admitting they made a mistake.
 

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Because he's the greatest coach in team history, he's been here for 10 years, brought them a Cup, and it'd be incredibly petty and a dick move to deny him one of 29 job opportunities in the entire world in his profession?
Yeah, this too. Sure, they could have stopped him from talking to them, but what good would that do the team in the long run? They already look incredibly petty with the timing of the firing announcement, the least they could do is not compound that error by being a dick to Claude personally on top of that.
 

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Exactly. I'm surprised to see mgmt suddenly be standup guys and treat him right.
The Bruins would take a massive PR hit if they played hardball with Julien. It also would greatly complicate their next coaching search. There's no good reason to stop Julien from going to a rival; even Neely knows that.
 

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That will be great when they fire him mid-season two years from now. Therrien is one of the few coaches who's lasted longer than 3 years for them.
Therrien lasted longer than anyone since Bowman in '79. But before that, jeez....from 1940 til 79, they really only had Dick Irvin, Toe Blake and Bowman, with 3 years covered by Al McNeil and Claude Ruel before Bowman. [thanks hockey-reference]
 

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Therrien lasted longer than anyone since Bowman in '79. But before that, jeez....from 1940 til 79, they really only had Dick Irvin, Toe Blake and Bowman, with 3 years covered by Al McNeil and Claude Ruel before Bowman. [thanks hockey-reference]
Toe Blake? Old time hockey?

Yeah, I was referring to more recent history. 6 years is a pretty long contract for a coach these days, and I could just see them firing him just from impatience before that is up.
 

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Toe Blake? Old time hockey?

Yeah, I was referring to more recent history. 6 years is a pretty long contract for a coach these days, and I could just see them firing him just from impatience before that is up.
I wasn't disagreeing with you. You were dead-on. Ever since Bowman it *has* been something of a revolving door. I just ran down a historical rabbit hole. 3 coaches in 40 years....
 

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Wow. So he gets to go back to Francophone Canada, coach a team with a devoted fan base, and pull down $5M a year until 2022. Claude did all right for himself.
And a press that tries to fire you every time there is a two game losing streak. It's probably the most ridiculously over the top media scene in the country. If he lasts 5 yeas after this one in Montreal, he deserves all that cash and more.
 

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Wow. So he gets to go back to Francophone Canada, coach a team with a devoted fan base, and pull down $5M a year until 2022. Claude did all right for himself.
Great deal for Clode, good for him and thanks for the SC in 2011. Still not over 2013 though when 2 goals were scored on Rask in front of me in Game 6 in roughly a minute or the losses in Game 6 and 7 vs. the Canadiens in 2014, that team was loaded.
 

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Montreal has not won a game in regulation this month. 1-2 under Julien. While I am glad these Bruins players have a solid defensive training, Julien really is playing dinosaur hockey (credit to an earlier poster for that term) and the schadenfreude could be sweet this year with a few more Habs losses.