Gulutzan/Jerrad Fired + New Coaching Search Discussion
 

I've put up with his terrible lines and use of morrow/robidas.

But how can you scratch Larsen?

Not gonna happen, we're stuck with him.

Fire Gulutzan
 

I'm officially done. Baffling, stupefying, irrational, bizarre coaching decisions seem to the hallmark of his tenure here in Dallas.

Larsen being scratched for Rome is only the latest.

If someone can explain these decisions to me I'd appreciate it.

Morrow is currently second of all forwards in PP TOI. He currently has a minute more of play than Jagr. 3 minutes more than Roy. 4 minutes more than Eriksson and yes approximately 5 minutes more than Ryder on the power play.

Do we really need another rehash of Robidas-Goligoski as a pairing?

Morrow-Fiddler-Nystrom getting more ice time than first Smith-Eakin-Garbutt then Smith-Wandell-Garbutt.

I love my team but he makes it so hard to root for them only to finish 9-14th again.

pique, I was beat to it. Can you move my post/thread in here?

Thx.

I think Gully was always a guy who is supposed to learn and grow into the job. I dont think he will be fired this season but I wouldnt be shocked to see him and GMJN on the way out after this year.

Mmm.
Lets hold off until after the game on this one.
I know what most of us think will happen, but lets wait and see.

At least it sounds like he put Smith in the top six and not morrow. But it sounds like another forward is hurting, so there is still a chance he moves him up. We all know he wants to

Scratching Larsen is the dumbest thing he could possibly do.

As per Brandon Worley on DBD:

Larsen has not been good this season.

He’s getting the scratch not because of the penalties, but because he’s struggled with getting pushed off the puck and he’s not moving it well right now. Rome goes with Daley, he can provide more physical presence on 2nd pair and give Dillon and Benn a game to work together again — who may be a better pairing anyway.

Larsen's development is being ruined by the organization. He is a smart player that is more than willing to be physical with players despite his size. He gets the least amount of TOI and virtually zero PP itme. It is a joke.

DBD also loves Robidas and Morrow. The entire defense has been struggling, but other than Daley, Larsen is the least of their problems.

Yeah, to be fair, Larsen has looked like just a guy out there so far this season. He hasn't been worse than Robidas, but still hasn't inspired much confidence.

I swear it's like Brandon just issued a press statement for the organization. Has Larsen been the best defenseman this year? No but again no one wants to point a finger at how terrible and ineffectual the pair of Robidas-Goligoski has been. If we want to make a point about poor play gets you benched why don't we start with the worst players.

I seem to often disagree with Worleys hockey opinions and this is no exception.

It is really worrying considering how guys like grossman, niskanen and fistrics never took the next step needed. Hell Goligoski has regressed. There may be something wrong with the way the organization coaches Dmen.

I'd say Larsen has been the Stars 2nd best dman this year behind Daley. Its not saying alot because theyve been pretty mediocre, but he has clearly been better than the others, imo.

DBD gets worse by the day. :shakehead:shakehead

Well if Brandon Worley agrees you know it must be wrong. :laugh:

Gulutzan isn't the coach to lead this team. He'll probably be gone in the offseason along with Nieuwendyk when Gaglardi installs his own front office.

I don't think Worley said Gulutzan is the coach to lead the team. He only commented on this solitary decision by Gulutzan, which he happens to agree with, and even a bad coach can be right about a thing or two.

FTR, I neither agree nor disagree with Worley on Larsen. I merely posted an opinion from a group of people who, IMO, seem to watch the game more closely than I do.

BTW, just curious but why does Nieuwendyk leave this off-season along with Gulutzan? I see no reason for Gaglardi to fire him.

Owners don't typically tie their legacy to people they didn't hire.

And a GM who has never made the playoffs (extenuating circumstances or not) isn't exactly in an entrenched position.

I still look at it, mostly for the daily links since it's links to other peoples work, but I have a hard time taking a site that has such problems with grammar and spelling seriously. Their 'articles' are always littered with errors. I understand they don't get paid but come on, sometimes it's so blatant it's irritating.

You may have a point, but Nieuwendyk got the job done on Jamie Benn and that, in Gaglardi's eyes, has to count for something.

That said, if he indeed is gone based on his inability to make the playoffs (I agree that the ambivalent nature of the team's direction under JN irked me a lot), then we should be somewhat worried for it may be Gainey who takes charge.

I think Recchi has a better chance at taking over that position than Gainey does.

The problem with GM Joe is he has made some good moves, but a even larger number of idiotic moves.

My biggest problem is with the Neal trade. I was not against trading Neal, but if you do you better get a top pairing d-man back. I'm rooting for goligoski but I'm not sure hes even a number 4 on a decent team. And what made it all worse was all the other GMs coming out after saying why didn't we hear Neal was available. If he just shopped Neal a bit I bet he would have received a top pairing dman (someone like bogosian)

I'd prefer Recchi or someone outside of this organization. The plethora of former players doesn't bring a whole lot of new ideas to the table and it appears this organization could use some new ideas.