John Wensink Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share Posted April 2, 2007 has anything been on wfan ? Listening...talking about baseball but they did say it on the update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaRay Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 APRIL FOOLS joke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman441 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 (edited) APRIL FOOLS joke? Edited April 2, 2007 by sandman441 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddubs11 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 confirmed on Newjerseydevils.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMinder Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I was just gonna post that. Its on NJDevils.com now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 OK, I believe it now. Although still dumb-founded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njdevils2003champs Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 It's on TSN now.http://www.tsn.ca/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centralnj Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Just read on another board that Marty was interviewed on CKAC(?) and said the players were as surprised as everyone else. Also he said the players had no problems with Julien. Something had to have happened behind the scenes. I trust Lou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueNJ97 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I don't think so as the article was dated the Second. I think it would have been found out by now. Plus Why?. I don't remember seeing this but on hfboards somebody said in Toronto that they think it's because Julien wouldn't play Matvichuk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOTCB Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 APRIL FOOLS joke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman441 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 That doesn't make sense, at least not right now. Lou would have to activate him first. And that's his responsibility.I will say this - I take back part of what I said about Gomez. If he had refused to come back unless Lou fired the coach, in the old days, Lou would have told him to sit until kingdom come. And suspended him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilish34 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 has anything been on wfan ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 (edited) Senseless. Julien wasn't Toe Blake, but he wasn't a bad coach. For those of you claiming he's too defensive - how is this team any different from the one Lou coached last season? They played the exact same style. I don't get it. And unless it results in a Stanley Cup or something near to it, it just doesn't add up. I don't think Gomez would demand a coach being fired, especially with him on his way out the door. His play may have demanded it, but not him. Edited April 2, 2007 by Triumph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC Devs Fan Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Hey I saw it on NJDevs.com... isn't that a reliable source??? I still believe the true motives for the firings are ones we'll never know... Lou has too much class to bring up those disagreements in the press and I believe Julien does too. We'll all just have to keep guessing.... and drinking the Kool Aid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMinder Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Maybe Claude was going to sit Brodeur one more time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I said he'd be gone by Thanksgiving. I really don't understand how this guy could be defended. We were an awesomely medocre team under him. What a strategy, dump the puck in and then DON'T chase it. Let the other team get it and hope for them to make a mistake. Regardless of where this team is in the standings, they weren't going anywhere fast. We barely beat awful teams, injuries or not, and I could see the team was once again playing for themselves and not him. Lou went with his gut feeling and probably with a few players that he's very close to and saw that this team wasn't going anywhere in the playoffs. How many games have we comfortably won recently, or this year for that matter? Every game, aside from a select few has been a nail biter. How much worse will we do with Lou's motivation behind the bench? Not very. I am now more comfortable with this team going into the playoffs than I was yesterday and I say good riddance to a lifeless coach who rewarded his team with days off after horrible games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moustic Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Maybe Claude was going to sit Brodeur one more time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wensink Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share Posted April 2, 2007 Lou had the team forecheck more...a lot more. I may be wrong but Lou seemed to let the "D" pich more...a little more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I said he'd be gone by Thanksgiving. I really don't understand how this guy could be defended. We were an awesomely medocre team under him. What a strategy, dump the puck in and then DON'T chase it. Let the other team get it and hope for them to make a mistake. Regardless of where this team is in the standings, they weren't going anywhere fast. We barely beat awful teams, injuries or not, and I could see the team was once again playing for themselves and not him. Lou went with his gut feeling and probably with a few players that he's very close to and saw that this team wasn't going anywhere in the playoffs. How many games have we comfortably won recently, or this year for that matter? Every game, aside from a select few has been a nail biter. How much worse will we do with Lou's motivation behind the bench? Not very. I am now more comfortable with this team going into the playoffs than I was yesterday and I say good riddance to a lifeless coach who rewarded his team with days off after horrible games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellOnICE Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 That's the thing Tri, this team I could see going at least to the conference finals or bowing out in 5. Maybe Lou feels under him they have a better shot at doing better. Again, we don't know what's going on. It's not all about the record and what place we are in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlebum Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 espn news now ! talking about lou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'7' Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 (edited) This seems too odd for it to happen for strictly on ice reason. 3 games left in the regular season while this team is getting healthy and playing better. Didn't Julien sign a 2 year deal? Edited April 2, 2007 by '7' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman441 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Hey we are on the yahoo main page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletToothTony Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Huh? That's exactly what we were doing under Lou last season. That team was only marginally better and that's because EGG came to play. I don't see this team being incredibly improved by the addition of a coach who's going to employ the same or similar strategy. I really didn't see this coming and thought Julien had earned himself at least until December of next season - this isn't a very good team, skeeter. There's two rookies on defense, not that much depth on defense, no scoring depth - it's a playoff team, and it could go somewhere in the playoffs, but it wouldn't surprise me to see this team out in six games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Krinkle Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 espn news now !talking about lou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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