[El Scorcho]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Having the
New Jersey Devils in first place in the Atlantic Division with a week to go in the regular season got coach Claude Julien fired on Monday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070402/ap_ ... lien_fired

See? We're not the only ones who fire coaches that most people would be doing cartwheels over.

[bigsmooth]

i really do not get this firing, but GM lou lamoriello has done this before and sometimes it works and sometimes it bites him in the butt.

[Sly Fox]

I need to get Rowdy Joe's take on this.

But remember in the NHL coaches are considered far from essential to success.

[PAmedic]

again- I hate anything from Jersey- so this is fine w/ me.

esp after the year my Flyers are having