General manager Ken Holland said on Friday that the Red Wings have given Babcock permission to speak with other teams regarding their head coaching positions.
As the vacant coaching positions fill up around the league, we still await a decision from the Boston Bruins about the future of Claude Julien.
Allow me to rant just a little.
At some point soon, this is becoming a little ridiculous.
It’s been six weeks and counting, and the veteran head coach is still twisting in the wind. And if he does end up fired, most of the other jobs are gobbled now.
I agreed with the Bruins' original decision after Peter Chiarelli was fired to wait until a new general manager was hired to decide Julien’s fate. That makes sense to me.
And certainly had a new GM been hired from the outside, you would understand that he would need some time to get to know Julien before making a decision.
But the fact that the GM was an in-house promotion -- and I think Don Sweeneyis going to be a very good GM -- what's the wait now? What does Sweeney not know about Julien now that he didn’t know for the past eight years Julien has been behind the Bruins' bench?
I mean, it’s getting to the point where it’s almost unfair. Make a decision, fire him or keep him, but decide already. It’s not just Julien; he has two assistant coaches whose fates also hang in the balance.
Let’s go Boston. Get on with it.
If they made a decision today that would be rushing the decision??The Four Peters said:I'd agree if Julien didn't just sign an extension for a lot of years. He's getting paid a lot of money for a lot of years, I don't agree the Bruins should rush it for the sole reason to allow him to coach this year for even more money.
Maybe not currently fucking him over (we'll agree to disagree on that), but if it drags on for another month, will you still have the same opinion? The argument that they're paying him a lot of money is weak, they offered the contract and he signed it, it's a two way street. Claude's not the one unsure about continuing the relationship. It's not like there is an unlimited pool of talent to pick from in this business, offering a professional courtesy to the guy should be important, especially given the success and professionalism he's established.The Four Peters said:My point is they're not fucking him over. They're still paying him a lot of money for a lot of years. Waiting until the season is over to fully understand all your options is not bad business at all. If he's your second choice, then yes you absolutely wait to ensure you can't get your first choice before confirming one way or the other. This is all speculation and hypotheticals, of course.
If Claude doesn't like that, he's free to leave his current contract (which I doubt the Bruins would be heartbroken if he did).
DrewDawg said:I just had a "confirmation" pop up on my phone. Sweeney says he's back per AP.
Wow, I'd never have guessed this. Really shows the level of turnover league-wide.kenneycb said:Capuano isn't far behind amazingly enough.