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The Panthers have let coach Mike Keenan go. Let's see....a Florida team fires its coach early in the season & then goes on to hoist the sport's championship trophy. Happened in baseball, why not in hockey?
~Adam
~Adam
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Adam:
Happened in baseball, why not in hockey?
Because this is the Florida Panthers, Adam! wink Happened in baseball, why not in hockey?
Seriously though, I am not surprised that Mike Keenan was fired, but I thought he would at least last through December. Someone else will hire him again, I am sure, so that he can piss off yet another team.
I thought Bruce Cassidy of the Caps would be the first to go.
Now that the first firing has occurred, does this mean the firing floodgates will be opening? Washington? Nashville? Maybe an underacheiving Detroit team? :confused:
Could the Red Wings persuade Bowman to un-retire?
I may be totally off here, but I would expect to see a lot less firings this year. With an impending work stoppage expected by most teams, I can't see them dumping coaches, eating salary and paying new coaches. With a potential loss of ticket revenue with a work stoppage, I think a keen eye will be kept on budgets, especially here in Phoenix and cities like Pittsburgh who are struggling financially.
I copied this from a March '03 article from a web page entitled 'The Eagle Tribune'. The entire article was much longer, but for the sake of brevity I've included just the most relevant section. Robbie Ftorek was in fact fired as Boston's coach shortly after this article appeared, and Mike Keenan's total number of firings, of course, should now be adjusted to six:
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The old saying is that coaches are hired to be fired. But it is taking on new meaning in today's National Hockey League.
In the last three seasons alone, NHL teams have made 41 head coaching changes. Seven teams -- New Jersey, Philadelphia, New York Rangers, Dallas, Atlanta, Calgary and San Jose -- each have had three head coaches in that span.
In this year's crop of 30 NHL head coaches, 13 have been fired a collective 24 times.
And unless the Bruins start winning, Robbie Ftorek, who was previously pink-slipped by Los Angeles and New Jersey, could soon make it 25 firings.
Ftorek and the Bruins could also tie an NHL record -- eight head coach firings in a single season, a mark established just two years ago.
\"I don't know of any sport that is so disrespectful to the profession as the NHL is today,\" says former Bruins head coach Mike Keenan, now behind the bench for the Florida Panthers.
Keenan should know. Despite having more career wins than any current NHL coach, he has been fired by five teams. He walked out on a sixth team in pursuit of a better job after winning the 1994 Stanley Cup with New York.
It wasn't always this way. NHL coaching careers once spanned decades with the same team.
Adam: If you see this, please check for PM dated Nov 4; it's still showing 'unread by recipient' at this end. Thanks.
In the last three seasons alone, NHL teams have made 41 head coaching changes. Seven teams -- New Jersey, Philadelphia, New York Rangers, Dallas, Atlanta, Calgary and San Jose -- each have had three head coaches in that span.
In this year's crop of 30 NHL head coaches, 13 have been fired a collective 24 times.
And unless the Bruins start winning, Robbie Ftorek, who was previously pink-slipped by Los Angeles and New Jersey, could soon make it 25 firings.
Ftorek and the Bruins could also tie an NHL record -- eight head coach firings in a single season, a mark established just two years ago.
\"I don't know of any sport that is so disrespectful to the profession as the NHL is today,\" says former Bruins head coach Mike Keenan, now behind the bench for the Florida Panthers.
Keenan should know. Despite having more career wins than any current NHL coach, he has been fired by five teams. He walked out on a sixth team in pursuit of a better job after winning the 1994 Stanley Cup with New York.
It wasn't always this way. NHL coaching careers once spanned decades with the same team.
I don't know if any of you saw Barry Melrose's "Top 5 coaches on the hot seat" segment on "NHL Tonight" last night, but the only surprising name to me was at number 5 (Jacques Martin of Ottawa). The guys (1-4) were pretty much who we all expected, Bruce Cassidy (Washington), Dave Lewis (Detroit), Paul Maurice (Carolina), and Barry Trotz (Nashville).
It's always nice when the great Satan of Hockey is fired.
Trevor
Trevor
Funny, but I have always liked and admired Keenan.
Rick Dudley's off to a great start as new head coach of the Panthers; 4-0 win at home against the Mighty Lightning tonight! eek!
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