TBGKon Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=255866&...os=topStory_nhlRick Tocchet will take over as interim coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yac12 Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Is there more to this story besides not getting off to a good start? This just doesn't seem right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Good, now Barry can go back to being the ESPN Hockey Department. On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I wonder if the Lightning get their deposit back.... On 4/10/2017 at 3:05 PM, Rollins Man said: what the hell is ccslc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 Is there more to this story besides not getting off to a good start? This just doesn't seem right.Not really sure, it came as a blindside to me. This team has talent, but just isn't performing. I'm sure the new ownership signed Barry as a splash to bring attention to them, as all hockey fans know The Mullet. Wonder if this was their plan all along, but who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 he shouldnt have been hired there in the first place. theres been reports of contempt from Lightning all everything Vinny Lecavalier. i wonder what hes going to do now, considering espn has Matt Barnaby as their hockey analyst and they wont dare carry 2 hockey analysts on their staff. "I don't understand where you got this idea so deeply ingrained in your head (that this world) is something that you must impress, cause I couldn't care less"http://keepdcunited.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 16 games. How in the hell is a team supposed to adapt to a new coach in only 16 games? I'm not a big hockey fan, but this is ridiculous, no matter what sport it is. (Except football, of course, where the season's ONLY 16 games.) https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Well, that really didn't take long.I hope they stripped his security clearance to Bristol. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFoA Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 This tops the Blackhawks/Savard case because THEY JUST HIRED THE GUY!The NHL is weird when it comes to hiring and firing people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 16 games? Wow, what a classless organization. Hope they finish in the cellar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 "This last-place finish brought to you by 'Saw VI', in theaters Halloween 2009."On the bright side, poker games on the plane during Lightning road trips are bound to be taking an interesting turn. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 16 games. How in the hell is a team supposed to adapt to a new coach in only 16 games?That's the thing, there was NOTHING NEW about the guy, including his mullet...To quote one of national icon circa 1993: "He was Candy A$$ as a player, he's Candy A$$ as a coach..."Seriously, anyone who didn't see that coming need a reality check.IMO, 16 games is 15 too many to make that decision.A talent-filled team like the lightning deserve better than that. I can think of an ex Leafs' coahc that could really thrive with that team... @Frenchie_TO Owner of the Rochester Americans of the MLH Owner of the Toronto Frenchies of the GCFHL6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Well that didn't take as long as I thought it would. I figured he'd last until the all-star game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I don't get all the animosity...when he was the Worldwide Leader's hockey mouthpiece, he was beloved here....Silly puckheads. On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I see you're still a little bitter about that Game 7 defeat in Toronto! What happened here? Well, the fact of the matter that this team isn't and has never been on the same page is obvious. Can Melrose coach? Yes. Is he the greatest coach? I don't know. Has hockey changed since he last coached? Debatable. Have salaries increased and players gotten full of themselves. Yes. Should he have a chance to coach the team his way and not have the GM telling him what to do? Yes. If there was that much of a difference between the coach and the GM, then he shouldn't have been hired in the first place. 5-7-2 is not a bad record for the team that had the worst record in the NHL last year. Stamkos isn't playing that much? Maybe Stamkos was overrated. Maybe he's Brian Lawton, Patrik Stefan, or Alexandre Daigle. Maybe that's what Melrose is telling us that this supposed superstar is at best a 3rd liner. Ever think about that? Maybe this kid has horrible work ethics, and a horrible attitude and is a moron and just acted like he was a good person to get the money. I don't blame Melrose as much as I blame the Lightning organization. If you think he was this bad, then why'd you hire him in the first place? And to top it off you replace him with Rick Tocchet a guy who just got back from a one year suspension for is part in a gambling ring? Oh that's intelligent. That'd be like giving Pete Rose a GM job with Major League Baseball! BAD, BAD organization! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I don't get all the animosity...when he was the Worldwide Leader's hockey mouthpiece, he was beloved here....Silly puckheads.A good analyst does not necessarily a good head coach make. Consider the phrase "Head Coach Charles Barkley" in your head for a few seconds and you'll see what I mean. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 I don't get all the animosity...when he was the Worldwide Leader's hockey mouthpiece, he was beloved here....Silly puckheads.A good analyst does not necessarily a good head coach make. Consider the phrase "Head Coach Charles Barkley" in your head for a few seconds and you'll see what I mean.What about "Governor Charles Barkley"? On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon_Matrix Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Who else thinks that Hartsberg in Ottawa is the next one to get canned? Because Korbyn Is Colour Blind, My Signature Is Now Idiot Proof - Thanks Again Braden!!Go Leafs Go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 This may have been one of the most idiotic hirings in NHL history. Tortorella was a good coach will land on his feet and go from there. On top of it Rick Tochett is a man with a gambling problem. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 I see you're still a little bitter about that Game 7 defeat in Toronto! What happened here? Well, the fact of the matter that this team isn't and has never been on the same page is obvious. Can Melrose coach? Yes. Is he the greatest coach? I don't know. Has hockey changed since he last coached? Debatable. Have salaries increased and players gotten full of themselves. Yes. Should he have a chance to coach the team his way and not have the GM telling him what to do? Yes. If there was that much of a difference between the coach and the GM, then he shouldn't have been hired in the first place. 5-7-2 is not a bad record for the team that had the worst record in the NHL last year. Stamkos isn't playing that much? Maybe Stamkos was overrated. Maybe he's Brian Lawton, Patrik Stefan, or Alexandre Daigle. Maybe that's what Melrose is telling us that this supposed superstar is at best a 3rd liner. Ever think about that? Maybe this kid has horrible work ethics, and a horrible attitude and is a moron and just acted like he was a good person to get the money. I don't blame Melrose as much as I blame the Lightning organization. If you think he was this bad, then why'd you hire him in the first place? And to top it off you replace him with Rick Tocchet a guy who just got back from a one year suspension for is part in a gambling ring? Oh that's intelligent. That'd be like giving Pete Rose a GM job with Major League Baseball! BAD, BAD organization!That is where I just shook my head. Firing Melrose early in the season is something that I can live with and understand, but replacing him with Tocchet? You mean, there isn't someone else out there that is capable of running the bench? I'll bet Tocchet doesn't last the rest of season (yes, pardon the pun) I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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