Paul Maurice Fired By Carolina Hurricanes; Kirk Muller Rumored As Next Coach

Twice too … had it Muarice, went to fix it and did Marice.

and the Team & we fans have a new coach…end of story…next…what about Staal keeping the “C” will he keep it ?

nah muller is apparently one of the next big thing coaches within coaching circles. daniels has to know that

Posted this in the comments for the Boudreau link, but I’ll repost here:

It’s for the best we bring someone in from the outside as Head Coach for the immediate future. After last night’s game I had a thought about Daniels: Are they preparing him as Rutherford’s replacement as GM with JR staying on as team President in the coming years?

Daniels does hold the GM title in Charlotte and is responsible for all players not under contract with the Hurricanes. I just don’t see Jason Karmanos or Ron Francis taking over as GM anytime.

itd be nice to have skins finns on line two with staal up top with a couple big names. (pipe dream)
that leaves brandon sutter to be our jordan staal.

It’d be even nicer to have a coach who will put Staal on ‘line 2’ until his production once again earns him line 1’ minutes.

i would put staal in a similar boat as vinny lecavlier.
it got so bad for him, people forgot he was a star.

hopefully it doesnt get that bad for staal
but skinner does have that stamkos feel about him..

Do you not think Maurice would have liked to have a pair of top-six forwards, too? The fact of the matter is, it’s Karmanos’ payroll allocation that’s holding the team’s talent back, not a coach or Rutherford.

I liked Paul’s humor. But in the end, Paul never seemed to change his hockey views despite years in the league. My taker has always been he’s weak in the personal leadership or human psychology issues with running a team more than the x and o’s part, but even there, he always seemed to lack any offensive ideas as witnessed by his proverbially low PP results…

Best of Luck Paul, and I hope you get a chance to shine somewhere else.

Then it MUST be true.

The team simply isn’t set up to compete on a talent basis.

I was wondering the same thing and only half jokingly.

organization

Lateral moves can be blocked, and compensation can some times be requested/demanded, but you usually have to let everybody below the top take better jobs elsewhere.

I didn’t realize that about Stewart. I’m not a hockey expert, but I’ve noticed that Stewart has been productive with limited time. Never could figure out why he wasn’t getting more of a chance. Just figured I was missing something.
So who out of our lines gurus on this message board is going to take a guess at what Muller will put together? I’m going to guess that LaRose will not be on the top line.

dude had 2+ seasons to save his job with 3 different lineups and couldn’t get it done.

the captain is back.

and he is pleased at the prospects for the future.

LET’S GO CANES!!!!

well, the plus side is daniels is doing an awesome job in charlotte, maybe he’s happy at that level, who knows

Maybe Daniels didn’t want the job? I wouldn’t.

“You have to be good defensively, you have to be good without the puck,” he added. “But since the lockout and no red line, you’ve got to be able to score and you’ve got to be able to score at the right time. So I really stress for the guys to be a very aggressive forechecking team, and I tell my forwards that if they want to play here they gotta work … they’ve got to be workers and do a lot of skating and tracking down and heavy forecheck.”
Muller laughed when I suggested he wants his guys to play just like he did, earning the well-deserved nickname “Kirk is Work”.
“Everyone has to know how to play without the puck, but when it’s a turnover I want it to be a real quick transitional team that’s aggressive,” he said. "And I challenge the guys that even if you feel like you’re a defensive defenceman or a defensive forward, I think everyone’s capable of offence and trying to get everybody involved.

I’m liking this guy already!

He was the 2nd pick behind Mario Lemieux, he was a heart and sole guy with the Habs and was instrumental in their cup win in 93. Good penalty killer, good in faceoff circle, and had a knack for scoring timely goals.

Don’t ever remember such a glowing endorsement of anything.

I’m even happier with this quote:

I just feel it comes down to one word at this level, and it’s accountability. If you can get a bunch of guys that are willing to play for each other and understand that there’s no free passes and you’ve got to earn your ice and be accountable, then I’m going to be totally fair to everybody. If you work and you play hard, then you’ll play. I said: ’It’s a two-way door. I’m here to communicate with you guys, but don’t come see me if you’re not ready for the answer. But you’ll always know where you stand, and I’ll be honest with you.’ I think it’s all about communicating with your guys.

More than anything else, this is an area where I feel Mo failed. He never seemed to reward the hard working lines or players, especially the prospects…Always his vets forst preference, regardless of their effort or performance. This type of approach could really help this team…

…and he seems to have the better interpersonal skills to pull it off, get team buy-in, and help struggling players. We’ll see.

I’ll keep that in mind for next time ;)

Reading all the complaining from the Habs fans over this makes me even more excited about Muller joining the organization as head coach.

said it before, but doesn’t that also sound more like the team/style Mo took over from Lavi where Mo left the offensive puck pursuit offense and instituted a better defense and backcheck that got us deep in the playoffs??

well who in their right mind DOESN’T read Canes Country?!?!?