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[Report] Canucks fire Bruce Boudreau, Trent Cull; name Rick Tocchet as head coach, Adam Foote as assistant coach, Sergei Gonchar as defensive development coach

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Well, they didn’t waste anytime at this point. 
Some posters are likening this organization to a sinking ship with an oblivious captain and crew. It’s a fitting analogy imo.

The lyrics and meaning behind this song are really quite relevant and worth a listen. ( Language warning)

 

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1 minute ago, stawns said:

No to more dinosaurs like trotz

 

Brunette I would have been on board for.  I'm hoping tocchet is a placeholder for Colliton

Stanley Cup, defensive orientated Trotz? You know Trotz is only 2 years older than Tocchet right?

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5 minutes ago, Heretic said:

So, the Canucks fire a head coach with a winning lifetime coaching record (0.575 )  and replace him with one that has a losing record (0.406)?

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To be fair, that losing record was with Arizona. 
 

We should be a better team than the Coyotes with the talents we have.

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1 minute ago, Gurn said:

Like better as in, move some payers out of here?

Agreed we do 'deserve' that, and more.

 

What we seem to get is nothing more than performance theater. Symbolism- they are making it look like they are actually doing something.

I’d say we deserve to see what a real wholesale change to this team looks like and to explore other assessments.

 

we’ve had many many years of a roster constructed by JB. And it failed unfortunately. Let’s see what other viewpoints can bring to the table.

we may end up with a better outcome than what we are getting right now. 
 

It’s all good to be emotional so long as you don’t lose focus of how poor this team really has been for so long.

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Like most people, I really like Bruce Boudreau and how honestly and solemnly he does his job. The results obviously didn’t come so I can understand the result we have here.

 

Rick Tocchet. Haven’t really followed his career after his playing days. His record isn’t great but coaching Arizona seldom does you any favors. People say he is tough and demanding - we’ll see. And I really look forward to the new chapter. Foote and Gonchar both have my respect as great players, like Tocchet. I hope they all have the tools we need to get the team on track.

 

Lastly, how on earth are such underachievers like Mike Yeo and Jason King still here? Absolutely nothing against these guys personally, but the team has definitely not improved its performance under these guys. Trent Cull, I really dunno, his contribution was not noticeable. Actually noticed him for the first time behind the bench tonite against Edmonton. I was like who is this guy still in Movember mode :lol:

 

 

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You give a man a screwdriver while other teams have power tools and expect him to make hay..I lost all respect. Playing with 2nd 3rd string goalies..and a crap D, I will miss Bruce. He was such a lovable person and I got to meet him. Let he new regime make a mockery of this team and hire their clowns for the circus.

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1 minute ago, stawns said:

I don't want tocchet either

I'd take Trotz over a lot of options right now. At least we'd have a system, and he's able to coach. However I think he still wants a break from coaching. He can pick and choose the team he really wants to work with.

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8 minutes ago, stawns said:

As I've said, I loathe tocchet, absolutely hate him.  But, if he can come in and implement a strong system and get this team playing some halfway decent defense then I'll swallow some of that loathing. 

 

I want my team to do well

Pretty much where I am.

 

Love Bruce as a person but he wasn't coaching this team to play with structure or puck support, regardless of what I may think of the roster. He had to go.

 

If Tocchet and Co. can come in and get them to do so/help sort out the guys who won't, I'll set aside how I feel about him personally, and cheer on the team and their improved play.

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Not the first time this franchise has done a hockey legend dirty. Everybody remembers how this ownership treated Trevor Linden. Just a horrible way to treat classy and respectful hockey people. Such a embarrassing time to be a fan. 

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