MadDog2020 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Lou...please stop talking. I'm fvcking begging you...I hardly ever take Lou at face value, but some of his comments lately are a bit perturbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormJosh Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Are you guys serious? When have you ever heard Lou say a bad word or phrase about anyone, regardless of the circumstances? He would never in a million years publically shame, embarrass, call out, or otherwise criticize anyone who is working for him. He is the consummate professional. These comments are meaningless. He will bring in whoever he thinks is the best person for the job, whether that decision is right or wrong is a different story. Meanwhile, all of these quotes are entirely meaningless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Storm, no one gives Lou the benefit of the doubt more than me, and I agree that his quotes shouldn't be taken as gospel...but right now I don't want to hear about how it's "obvious" that the new coaching arrangement has been "exceptional". That's way over the top and it just sounds completely ridiculous. The guy in net is the only person worthy of the "exceptional" tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Storm, no one gives Lou the benefit of the doubt more than me, and I agree that his quotes shouldn't be taken as gospel...but right now I don't want to hear about how it's "obvious" that the new coaching arrangement has been "exceptional". That's way over the top and it just sounds completely ridiculous. The guy in net is the only person worthy of the "exceptional" tag.This 100%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilsrule33 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Lou called up two guys with a very unique proposal. It's worked in the sense that the system (not the implemented system on the ice, but just the communication between Oates and Stevens) is working. They aren't confused. The players aren't confused. Lou is up close seeing how hard the staff is working, and working with the players. All irrelevant stuff, but to him that's exceptional. I don't want to read too much into Lou's head, but it's obviously defense first. If Cory Schneider wasn't playing so well, it probably be hard to say these guys have done a good job. Goals against have gone down, and that was his main goal (to get the Devils back to playing Devils hockey). Not that I think the defense has been much better though. Regardless what one makes of the comments, I'm on record that the team needs a new leader, a new vision, and someone that has a say that has a fresh angle, approach, way of seeing things. Lou Lamoriello is in the business of winning, and I don't expect him to have any other mindset than that once the season is over. Every GM is in that business, but you need to be realistic, and there can be short-term and long-term goals of winning. It's okay to say not this year or next year, but if we do this and that, it can set us up for a few years down the road. With Lou, the present is always as important. Some can say that's admirable. For the Devils, it's foolish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Lou...please stop talking. I'm fvcking begging you... This this this. Just go back upstairs to GM before the deadline already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormJosh Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Storm, no one gives Lou the benefit of the doubt more than me, and I agree that his quotes shouldn't be taken as gospel...but right now I don't want to hear about how it's "obvious" that the new coaching arrangement has been "exceptional". That's way over the top and it just sounds completely ridiculous. The guy in net is the only person worthy of the "exceptional" tag. My point is that its all just lip service. It's a foregone conclusion that these are our coaches until the season is over. Therefore... Lou is going to say its working "exceptionally" to the media. There will never be anything from his mouth that says there is any kind of imperfect coordination or grumbling. He'll just go out and do whatever he thinks is best, whether that means keeping one of these coaches or not. Whats going on behind closed doors will never make it out to the media. This isn't an indication one way or the other what will actually happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Lou...please stop talking. I'm fvcking begging you... This reminds me of Marty last season. Everything he said was cringe worthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) His trolling ceases for no man. Edited February 20, 2015 by Neb00rs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titans04 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 http://fireandice.northjersey.com/fire-ice-1.174987/lamoriello-s-plan-it-s-a-transition-not-a-rebuild-says-team-has-cap-space-to-upgrade-forwards-1.1275387 Read it and weep and whatever you do get it right it's a transition and not a rebuild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) My point is that its all just lip service. It's a foregone conclusion that these are our coaches until the season is over. Therefore... Lou is going to say its working "exceptionally" to the media. There will never be anything from his mouth that says there is any kind of imperfect coordination or grumbling. He'll just go out and do whatever he thinks is best, whether that means keeping one of these coaches or not. Whats going on behind closed doors will never make it out to the media. This isn't an indication one way or the other what will actually happen.There are levels of lip service you just don't go to unless you're deluded enough to mean them. Lou could have just said something like we're certainly satisfied with it (the coaching arrangement) and they've done everything we could have asked and nobody would have batted an eye. It's just using the word exceptional is what makes it over the top effusive, unnecessary. At least unnecessary if you don't actually believe that. That's what scares people about Lou right now, he might actually be serious or at best so over the top you can't take any kind of public praise seriously.And not for nothing but quotes like that from Lou give Cangi's opinion in the interview with the op even more weight. Edited February 20, 2015 by NJDevs4978 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) After reading this...on one hand, LL is right in that it's not really a full-on rebuild, in that the Devils are set in net (imagine how bad the Devils would be without Cory), and have some young pieces on D (though we still don't know how good they're going to be). He's not starting completely from scratch, and I do agree with him 100% on his decision to give up a fairly high 1st-rounder for Schneider. I'll never second-guess that one. On the other, we all know the story...the forward situation is a mess. I don't have much faith in anyone currently in the system. Good news: lots of the guys we all want to see gone at the NHL level will soon be gone. The $1,000,000 question for Lou will be how does he fix that problem? It's looking more and more like it's going to be his problem to rectify...he's definitely not talking like a guy who wants to call it a career or thinks he's in any danger of losing his job. He seems pretty happy about his upcoming flexibility too. Sounds like he's going to be aggressive this off-season in addressing the forwards, but he's going to have to be creative to do anything significant that will help much short-term. Edited February 20, 2015 by Colorado Rockies 1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 There are levels of lip service you just don't go to unless you're deluded enough to mean them. I completely disagree. The one thing a lot of fans seem to think is that Lou gives a sh!t how they feel. Lou has never cared what the fans think, whether he says he does or not. He cares about his players and staff, that's it. He is not looking to say something that will satiate fans' need for answers, he is looking to say something that promotes his players and protects them from the wrath of the media and the fans, and fvck everyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 After reading this...on one hand, LL is right in that it's not a really full-on rebuild, in that the Devils are set in net (imagine how bad the Devils would be without Cory), and have some young pieces on D (though we still don't know how good they're going to be). He's not starting completely from scratch, and I do agree with him 100% on his decision to give up a fairly high 1st-rounder for Schneider. I'll never second-guess that one. On the other, we all know the story...the forward situation is a mess. I don't have much faith in anyone currently in the system. Good news: lots of the guys we all want to see gone at the NHL level will soon be gone. The $1,000,000 question for Lou will be how does he fix that problem? It's looking more and more like it's going to be his problem to rectify...he's definitely not talking like a guy who wants to call it a career or thinks he's in any danger of losing his job. He seems pretty happy about his upcoming flexibility too. Sounds like he's going to be aggressive this off-season in addressing the forwards, but he's going to have to be creative to do anything significant that will help much short-term. What former Devils forwards are available this summer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 What former Devils forwards are available this summer? Ouch. Really really REALLY hoping he's done with that route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titans04 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Clarkson could easily be had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) Clarkson could easily be had. How much money would Toronto be willing to swallow (how much are they allowed to)? Not saying I want Clarkson back or that it has much chance of ever happening...but the only other team I could ever see him playing for other than the one he's on would be this one. But if it ever actually happened... Edited February 20, 2015 by Colorado Rockies 1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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