e_prime 1,936 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=433599 11am News Conference scheduled. Assistant Coach Berube to be named replacement coach Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MCleveland89 122 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 That didn't take long. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RyanBarnes! 293 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 The Chief, awesome! 1 GMRwings1983 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
St. Michael (the Red Wing) 422 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 3 games in and gone? I thought maybe Laviolette would have been out last year... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jedi 1,865 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 Holmgren has to be next. Firing a coach that got him 2 wins away from a Stanley Cup is pretty much the last move he had left to save his job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xtrememachine1 795 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 Not sure I agree with this. He took them to the Finals which is more than any other Flyers coach could say in the past 16 years. They looked pretty good a couple years ago when they knocked off the Pens. They missed the playoffs during a strike shortened season and start off 0-3 this year. Not sure how he's getting fired now. The roster is a mess. Over payment for a bunch of old defensemen, terrible goaltending, lots of injuries. I mean, if there was a coach waiting in the wings that they knew would fit this team well, I'd say go for it, but now they turn to Craig Berube? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingedominance13 112 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 What a joke. Should have fired the guy at the end of last year and give your team a full training camp with a new coach. Or give the guy more than 3 games. The flyers are constantly surprising me with their lack of class when it comes to business decisions. Don't get me wrong there are times to let go of a coach, hiring and firing happen all the time, but now this guy has no chance to be hired for the majority of this year and your team has to keep using his system until (if) they put together a new system with the assistant coach who took over. Another head scratching decision by the flyers. 1 dirtydangles reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 Should've been a Wing, Vinny. tsk tsk tsk 1 wingedominance13 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wings_fanatic 677 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 This is an awful move, but one that has to be done by any GM in this situation because otherwise they lose their job. Pete was NOT to blame for this team's failures... he simply wasn't given ANYTHING to work with. He had awful goaltending the entire time, and lost Pronger and a few other key guys on defense, hence their team being awful defensively. Add to that, losing Jagr hurt them, trading away Richards and Carter was a stupid move. Holgrem has to go, he is the problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richdg 267 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 While the Flyers are a bad team, that is on the GM not the coach. But GM's don't fire themselves. This is an awful move, but one that has to be done by any GM in this situation because otherwise they lose their job. Pete was NOT to blame for this team's failures... he simply wasn't given ANYTHING to work with. He had awful goaltending the entire time, and lost Pronger and a few other key guys on defense, hence their team being awful defensively. Add to that, losing Jagr hurt them, trading away Richards and Carter was a stupid move. Holgrem has to go, he is the problem. Yup. maybe out of panic we can get them to trade us Simmons...... One can only dream....... 1 wingedominance13 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Resetti 44 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 Don't know why they fired him after only three games in. If you stuck with him through the offseason, training camp, and pre-season, then why would you pull the plug less than a week into the real thing? The team will have to spend the next few weeks learning a new philosophy and/or system during this unexpected transition. Holmgren continues to set this team up for failure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cusimano_brothers 1,655 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 Some of the reactions on the "Twitterverse" are funny. 1 Dabura reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RyaN_84 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 flyers should hire Brian Propp as their new coach. hes a good ol canadian player from Saskatchewan... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 BTW: The Ed Snider Vote of Confidence is now 0-2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cusimano_brothers 1,655 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 No pressure...none whatsoever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rick zombo 3,739 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 The East will be a dog fight all year for those 8 playoff spots. Going 0-3 right off the bat? Panic time. The Flyers have much bigger issues than the coach. It will take them a few years to recover from some of Holmgren's dumb-ass moves. Some NHL team just got lucky. Laviolette will have a job before the year's over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 Yup. maybe out of panic we can get them to trade us Simmons...... One can only dream....... Simmonds, or Voracek, or Hartnell, or Lecavalier, or Couturier, or Timonen, or Streit. Or Giroux. Or... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pskov Wings Fan 71 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 Watched the press conference. What a pile of garbage. The owner seems to take any question as an insult. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 If Dano had just gone to Philly it would've all been different for Laviolette Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Franzine 739 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 Didn't realize Laviolette was responsible for signing Bryzgalov. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frankgrimes 1,836 Report post Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) Well Laviolette is to blame here too. He didn't appreciate Carter and Richards sure it was Holmer who lied to them but the Flyers never replaced that scoring punch. For sure Holmer will be the next one, Hextall is already waiting in line. Lavis needs to understand, that you can't just play a run and gun style without did defense. I could see him replacing Noel from the Jets. Edited October 8, 2013 by frankgrimes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,793 Report post Posted October 8, 2013 Holmgren and Berube have to be the toughest GM/coach combo in NHL history. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cusimano_brothers 1,655 Report post Posted October 8, 2013 The real problems are still there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted October 8, 2013 I'm with Dan Rosen: You're going to hear a lot about Berube's role as an enforcer as a player. So what. Can he help Philly rediscover its structure? Offense? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted October 8, 2013 Oh man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
