Patel Bure Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) [proposal] Fire Green; Hire Claude Julien Julien is a proven winner and knows how to utilize skilled players. While I'm thankful for Travis Green's service over these past few years, there are just too many decisions of his that I simply don't understand. Against this latest outing against the Sabres for instance, can someone please explain to me as to why Podkolzin had such limited ice-time? The Canucks have a pretty decent team on paper, and I think we now need a world class coach to put us over the top. Ps - https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/31421880/the-top-rising-candidates-nhl-coach-gm-jobs?platform=amp Based on this link of upcoming NHL coaches, I’d be willing to have a look at Lane Lambert. Edited October 20, 2021 by Patel Bure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV. Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 No. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV. Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Well, we can fire Green, idrc about him. No thanks to Bill Dautrieve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patel Bure Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, AV. said: No. What have you got against Julien? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AV. Posted October 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, Patel Bure said: What have you got against Julien? Archaic, overrated, not a good fit for this team. Could render better structure and organization in the short-term but not a coach for the long-term or even mid-term. 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ghostsof1915 Posted October 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2021 Shaw will take over for the interm. I think it's Benning's backup plan. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patel Bure Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 15 minutes ago, AV. said: Archaic, overrated, not a good fit for this team. Could render better structure and organization in the short-term but not a coach for the long-term or even mid-term. Fair enough. Who would you suggest to replace Green if it ever came to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV. Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Just now, Patel Bure said: Fair enough. Who would you suggest to replace Green if it ever came to that? Tough to say. Many traditional "hockey-men" are past it. Might have to look to the Major Junior route and scoop a name. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 27 minutes ago, AV. said: Tough to say. Many traditional "hockey-men" are past it. Might have to look to the Major Junior route and scoop a name. Dale Hunter if he'd take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devron Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Too bad AV wasn’t fired after that Philly season last year lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob.Loblaw Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 38 minutes ago, AV. said: Tough to say. Many traditional "hockey-men" are past it. Might have to look to the Major Junior route and scoop a name. Do the unspeakable. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetterssonOrPeterson Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 hour ago, AV. said: Tough to say. Many traditional "hockey-men" are past it. Might have to look to the Major Junior route and scoop a name. I thought we were done with rookie coaches. We already tried the Willie Desjardins route and have a newbie, "non-traditional hockey man" in TG currently which most fans seem not to be keen on at the moment. Or do they not count because they were AHL coaches instead of Junior (in Willie's case, he was both). It's a matter of getting the right guy for the job, traditional hockey man or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetterssonOrPeterson Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Maybe 2011-2013 Julien but not anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownky Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Patel Bure said: What have you got against Julien? Literally everything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patel Bure Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 We should have taken Gerard Gallant when he was available. Going after a “modern era” AHL coach who is working his way up the ranks might be a decent idea, but that’s what Greener is/was supposed to be. I’d rather see the Canucks go after a proven winner this time around. Mike Babcock actually does come to mind, in terms of buying low, but would he be able to change his old sadistic ways? I’m not so sure. I know people in this thread have stated that Julien’s methods are too old school and don’t fit the current mold, but how do we know that? He seemed to still have a fair enough of success in both Boston and Montreal through the late 2010’s. Kirk Muller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patel Bure Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, brownky said: Literally everything. Why? We can dislike him all we want since he coached against us in 2011, but the truth of the matter is that he out-coached Vigneault in a big way. Julien pretty much wrote the blue print on how to defeat the Canucks after Game 2 that series (ie box out the Canucks, collapse around the net, bank on the fact that the Canucks wouldn’t drive the net). LA and San Jose pretty much played us the exact same way in 2012 and 2013 thanks to Julien (although granted, the main reason why we lost to Boston in 2011 was due to injuries). Edited October 20, 2021 by Patel Bure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patel Bure Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/31421880/the-top-rising-candidates-nhl-coach-gm-jobs?platform=amp Based on this link of upcoming NHL coaches, I’d be willing to have a look at Lane Lambert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NewbieCanuckFan Posted October 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2021 41 minutes ago, PetterssonOrPeterson said: I thought we were done with rookie coaches. We already tried the Willie Desjardins route and have a newbie, "non-traditional hockey man" in TG currently which most fans seem not to be keen on at the moment. Or do they not count because they were AHL coaches instead of Junior (in Willie's case, he was both). It's a matter of getting the right guy for the job, traditional hockey man or not. Don't drag my name into this. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Buzzsaw* Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Green should be fired, but it should have happened last season when decent coaches were available. Julien is too old... and has lost it. Not a good idea to hire him. Need a coach who is still young enough to adapt. Edmonton made the perfect choice in signing Tippet... he really turned around that team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 No to Julien. Shaw most likely takes over in the next month or so when Aquilini has had enough. It's gonna cost him money but at least we have a ready made replacement who's already on the payroll. For the future, I can see a guy like Dale Hunter. Babcock has had his day and will cost too much anyways. Gallant or Quenneville would have been perfect. Their teams are both playoff bound and playing good hockey. Not sure what dirty laundry Green had on Aquilini to get his contract extended. Maybe Aqua just didn't wanna spend the money during a pandemic for a better coach. But then we spent to the cap for all of these new players and are paying Petey and Huggy record setting contracts for the organization, so I think it was short sighted to try and save a few pennies on the coach. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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