[News] Habs hire Julien as head coach. Therrien fired

[habernac]

O, happy day!!

[JurassicTunga12]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

But now who will we fire Gulutzan for?

Therrien! We can't pass up this opportunity!

[SuperMatt18]

Think a lot of it has to do with Montreal needing a bi-lingual coach.

If they falter down the stretch and wait until the offseason who is going to be available.

Best available French-Canadian coach was available right now, and they didn't want to miss out.

The real interesting move is could the Bruins have blocked the hiring? Could they have said "No, he's still under contract to us" and made them wait.

Guess that leaves them on the hook for $3M next year but would have been interesting.

[squiggs96]

Originally Posted by Heavy Jack

Wow.. When's the last time a coach got fired when his team was leading it's division?

Off the top of my head I'd say Claude Julien from the Devils in 2007.

[calgarygeologist]

I'm quite shocked and surprised by this move. Good for Montreal I guess.

[StrykerSteve]

Wowzers, gotta respect the speed and efficiency of this.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

But now who will we fire Gulutzan for?

Marc Crawford

[Nsd1]

DownGoesBrown@DownGoesBrown
Wait, so the Bruins had to give the Habs permission to hire Julien, right? What are they doing?

[Dogbert]

What, we didn't want to wait for him to run Patches and Price out of town too?

We call him MT, because that's what his skull is. Good riddance.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

Marc Crawford

That would be a 180 from Dallas where Gulutzan replaced Crawford.

[Machiavelli]

Originally Posted by Nsd1

DownGoesBrown@DownGoesBrown
Wait, so the Bruins had to give the Habs permission to hire Julien, right? What are they doing?

I thought the Bruins didn't have to give permission for the Habs to hire him, but that would mean they still had to pay out his contract (or something)

[habernac]

I'm dancing a friggin jig here.

I'm tired of hearing MT say "We just 'ave to play hockey da right way"

Your way isn't the right way.

[Poe969]

Originally Posted by habernac

O, happy day!!

From every Flames fan right now...

you.

[REDVAN]

Well, there goes our chance at a winning season.

[lambeburger]

Second time Julien has replaced Therrien as Habs head coach.

[madmike]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

But now who will we fire Gulutzan for?

Therrien of course.... Realistically I'm not expecting to see any 'OMG we need to hire Therrien right now!' threads.

[brzeisk13]

Quick hire Thierren ASAP!

[Nsd1]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

I thought the Bruins didn't have to give permission for the Habs to hire him, but that would mean they still had to pay out his contract (or something)

I guess that he's still under contract with the Bruins. When Gallant was fired,I think Vegas had to ask for permission to talk to him.

[IamNotKenKing]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Think a lot of it has to do with Montreal needing a bi-lingual coach.

If they falter down the stretch and wait until the offseason who is going to be available.

Best available French-Canadian coach was available right now, and they didn't want to miss out.

The real interesting move is could the Bruins have blocked the hiring? Could they have said "No, he's still under contract to us" and made them wait.

Guess that leaves them on the hook for $3M next year but would have been interesting.

Yes they could have, but I am unaware of a situation where the firing team did.
For example, we had to give the Kings permission to talk to Darryl.
And yes, then the Bruins would still have been paying his salary.

[Ashasx]

Originally Posted by Nsd1

DownGoesBrown@DownGoesBrown
Wait, so the Bruins had to give the Habs permission to hire Julien, right? What are they doing?

A good way to burn bridges with coaches is to prevent one you just fired from landing another job.