Hurricanes Fire Laviolette and Re-Hire Maurice

Holy crap! What a move. Paul "The Space Cowboy" Maurice always talked about what a great relationship he had with Jim Rutherford but this is still a bit of a shock.

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Interesting

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by Winkle on Dec 3, 2008 10:32 AM EST reply actions

And

I don’t care what happened in Toronto but Maurice wasn’t a bad coach, he just got the raw end of the deal and was shafted by the tag-team that was JFJ and Richard Pettie

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by Winkle on Dec 3, 2008 10:41 AM EST up reply actions

I disagree

He didn’t have the best players but his coaching had some serious flaws.

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by PPP on Dec 3, 2008 10:43 AM EST up reply actions

I'm obviously still drunk

Because that makes the kind of sense that’s not.

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by Mabel on Dec 3, 2008 11:01 AM EST reply actions

I’m happy for Maurice – he seemed like a nice guy; a better coach than his record (and performance of his teams, especially the special teams) in Toronto dictated.

by WildWolfdog on Dec 3, 2008 11:02 AM EST reply actions

I don’t mean to sound snarky, I’m honestly interested in what leads you to that conculsion? The man is like 3 for 10 in qualifying for the post-season, has an atrocious special teams record. What am I missing?

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by mf37 on Dec 3, 2008 2:42 PM EST up reply actions

as a 'Canes fan...

I wish I was drunk. HOLY HELL.

@PPP—his coaching is a serious flaw. I can’t believe JR made this move.

by "Dave Schultz" on Dec 3, 2008 11:05 AM EST reply actions

Yeah

I would guess that the Acid Queen is losing her shit right about now because hate isn’t a strong enough word to describe how she felt about him.

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by PPP on Dec 3, 2008 11:15 AM EST up reply actions

yah

that’s pretty much how it’s going.

by "Dave Schultz" on Dec 3, 2008 11:19 AM EST up reply actions

I can't believe this

I can’t believe Maurice found another job so fast. Back on that horse, I guess. It’ll be interesting to see if he can rescue his reputation.

January 15th and 19th are totally must win now. We’ve got to do to Maurice what the Sharks did to us.

by general borschevsky on Dec 3, 2008 11:05 AM EST reply actions

I guess

I’m the only here who doesn’t hate Maurice

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by Winkle on Dec 3, 2008 11:10 AM EST reply actions

I have a fondness for him...

but mostly because of his quips.

His coaching, not so much.

by Karina on Dec 3, 2008 11:50 AM EST up reply actions

His 2nd season

Was questionable, but I had a hard time disliking his coaching in his first season.

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by Winkle on Dec 3, 2008 11:51 AM EST up reply actions

It’s true, the Leafs looked like a faster team, and his coaching was evident in their play. Things fell apart later on, he really wasn’t that great a coach and he lost the room, but I felt for the guy. He was smart, funny, and he cared for his players.

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by koopa kid on Dec 3, 2008 12:37 PM EST up reply actions

Yup

He was too nice. He got his players playing well at the start, then they sat back and Maurice didn’t whip his players back into shape in time and when he tried, they had lost respect for him.

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by Winkle on Dec 3, 2008 12:50 PM EST up reply actions

I don't hate him

I just don’t get this move. And yeah, I think I like him far more as a person than a coach.

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by Mabel on Dec 3, 2008 12:46 PM EST up reply actions

Maurice

sucks

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by eyebleaf on Dec 3, 2008 11:39 AM EST reply actions

does it make me a bad person that I find this totally hilarious?

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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 3, 2008 3:45 PM EST reply actions

Its only bad

if you don’t laugh out loud as a result

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by Winkle on Dec 3, 2008 3:47 PM EST up reply actions

And to think mediots actually kept a straight face when they said Jim Rutherford was in the running to be the Prez/GM of the Leafs. Decisions like this one make me even happier he’s telling people he said “no” to MLSE.

The further we get from that lone Hurricane Stanley Cup win the clearer it is just how lucky they got: massive injuries to Buffalo, a one-time hot streak for Ward, Oilers having to play their back-up goalies and then scoring own-goals…

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by mf37 on Dec 3, 2008 4:15 PM EST up reply actions