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Ok Fitz…one team has already moved on from its head coach. I’m sure their search for a new one will begin in earnest. Please don’t waste time with any “maaaaaaaybe Green” nonsense. Devils need a new coach too. Green’s not your man, and everyone from the fanbase to the media can see it. Start the picking process while the pickins are good.

Hope we see a tweet like this about Groan sooner than later.

For now I’m just happy that this season didn’t end before it ever had a chance to begin. You fall to 10 games below .500 early and it’s plenty hard to come back from that…that felt like a real possibility at 0-5. The Mets are only 2.5 games out of first and only a game back in the wild card. Crazy early but nice to not be where a team like the Marlins are. I’m not sold on the Mets, but at least they’re not dead in April.

I wouldn’t worry about Green too much…that part was more about being sure not to burn a bridge, just in case…but the Devils’ HC gig is attractive enough that it’s hard to imagine that multiple candidates won’t emerge as far better options than Green. I’d be stunned if he got the job. As for the guys not available…that’s Captain Obvious stuff. Everyone knows none of those guys were going to be dealt…all have multiple years left and none were really the issue this season; Luke and Simon had rookie struggles and that was to be expected, especially with both being asked to do more once Dougie was done. And you also know that no real tough questions were coming in that interview, and at this point it’s much more about actions than words anyway. There’s nothing Fitz can say that’s going to wash out the bad taste of 2023-24; the only way that’s going to start to happen is with moves to address team weaknesses. If I have any beefs in particular with that interview, it’s that Fitz can’t tell me it’s playoffs or bust, yet sit on cap space and do very little to try to will the team into the playoffs. Also, BIG difference between fighting to stay in the hunt and the other teams allowing the Devils to hang around…they closed out their season by going 2-6-1 over their final 9 games.

I don’t think he does it, but for the love of God, this should no longer be a thing by week’s end.

Hear ya, I really wanted to see the Devils beat at least one of either the Flyers or Isles, but they’re just cooked and yeah, I’m burned out too. Yeah hopefully Fitz doesn’t continue this “Well maaaaaaaaaybe Green” charade for long. There’s no reason at all for it.

Bahl’s been frustrating as fvck at times but I would’ve played him simply because he still is a “young guy”. Smith being blindly dressed yet again was a fvcking joke. It feels like pure trolling at this point. He ruins EVERYONE he’s paired with.

Back to .500, needing just 11 games to do it after that 0-5 start. Credit to them for digging out of the hole that quickly. Hope that they can avoid falling back.

Yeah and it’s not like he was helped by the staff. Agree, considering that he was 20, playing in his first full season, and stuck on a rudderless ship, I think he had a pretty good rookie season.

Signing Lindy to that extension put him in a very bad spot. Hard to admit that you might have made a mistake that early. But like has been said 1000000 times on here, he absolutely waited too long.

Speaking of Luke…one mutant behind me was complaining about how much Luke sucks, that he’s only here because of Jack, and why did Fitz even trade for him (I kid you not about that last part). Think I had to count to 10 at least once.

Agree, Smith of all people had NO business getting this last game. fvck him, Green, and Lindy.

Agree, Green didn’t show us ANYTHING that suggests that he’s the guy. If anything he benefitted from absolutely Herculean goaltending and still finished with a pretty crappy record during his run here.

If Fitz keeps Green and/or re-signs Smith, then I’m gonna find it real hard to believe that he’s gonna turn things around. Really nope neither of these moves happens. It will feel like the 2024-25 season is already off to a bad start.

I’d tell him to keep it. And tell him that I’d rather wear a fvcking Rangers jersey than his. fvck that guy.