Claude Julien has gotta go

No Heart, No Drive, No Passion, No Motivation = No Goals, Not Winning, No LEADERSHIP!!!

Gotta start somewhere CJ is the most obvious choice. Replace him with anyone from now through the end of the season be it regular or if were lucky enough to make the playoffs as soon as we’re done. If ZC isn’t going to step up rip the captiancy away as well.

PC i’m giving you one more chance DO SOMETHING AND DO IT NOW! otherwise those two first round picks will get poisoned as well.

The room is dead they don’t WANT to play give them something to play for for pete sake. Breath some life back into these guys get them focused their attitude reflects their leadership.

So this is the breaking point? Of all the games, one where they lose to one of the top teams in the admittedly awful east is the straw that breaks the camel’s back?

I mean, yeah. It’s a shame matt cooke isn’t drinking the rest of his meals through a straw or whatever. It’s a bummer that the Bruins can’t score, especially against the defending cup champs rebounding from a horrific loss the night before. It’s all a bummer.

I’m not ready to give up on this team yet. I expect a loss for every game and I am sometimes pleasantly surprised. Here’s to getting pleasantly surprised all through the playoffs. But this and the other post do sound a bit like THE 2010 STANLEY CUP CHAMPION BRUINS MARCH TO THE PLAYOFFS WAS SLOWED AGAIN TODAY BY THE PENGUINS.avi

What does firing the coach accomplish? What does ripping the C off Zdeno’s chest with what, 12 games plus maybe playoffs, accomplish?

Why is this something you want, except to say “Fuck you, Bruins, fuck you?” There are plenty of habs fans that agree with you on that point, I bet you could find some cop cars to burn together.

I gotta say I am a bit suprised to even see this subject come up, but apparently some people are still steaming over last night. I dont care either way. Hockey coaches come and go like fashion trends. There are about 3 great coaches, the rest are guys that sit behind a bench. If we make a change, we need to go young. Like Marc Crawford would be a good fit I think. I still think it is the players to blame. They are the ones that can’t score, they are the ones that play like shit. I hate to say it, but as far as THIS season goes the Kessell trade was a huge mistake. For the future probalbly a good move, but there went 30 goals and 30 assists we could really use about now. I think this team would be much different with a big-time playmaker.

I would like nothing more than to have an explanation as to why Wideman gets the minutes he does. Really, when you watch that guy play and then see he logs the second most minutes per game, you’d have to be an idiot to not think that was a big fucking problem.

I haven’t been the most dedicated commentator on this blog this year, but on this one I really do want to take a minute to comment. SCOC, you’re right on the ball.

I think a few changes need to be made. First and foremost, I think that Chara needs to lose the captaincy. He shows no leadership qualities whatsoever. When the bruins were in the huge slump any other captain in the NHL would have called a captain’s meeting and publicly gone out and said “You know what? We suck. And we’re going to stay late at practice or have meeting and duke it out until we don’t” ANY OTHER CAPTAIN. Chara just collected his paycheck and went home. I don’t ever see him talking to players trying to motivate them (like you would often see Aaron Ward do during TV timeouts). I just don’t think he cares….anymore. I used to think differently of him.

If we’re going to pick a new captain (and its high time we did) I nominate Bergeron. Even when the rest of his team sucks, he goes out there and tries his heart out. I think we could turn the team around if we change that A to a C. Can’t save the season, now, its too late for that, but its not too late to try to inject some energy so we go into the offseason on a more positive note and try to motivate players to return next year.

I think Julien’s getting ridiculous. Earlier this year he said “This is a team of professional players. I’m not a cheerleader, it is their job to motivate themselves”. Thats not a direct quote, but a pretty accurate paraphase of what he said during the Slump of Doom. This is the mark of someone who has completely given up. Do you think the Miracle team won the 1980 gold because Herb Brooks sat there and said “Whatever man, if you suck it’s your fault” ? Good grief. This team has a lot – A LOT – of young kids and you know what? They DO need someone to help motivate them.

And Chara and Julien aren’t helping.

I never thought I’d say this, but I think losing Aaron Ward was the downfall of this team. We just don’t have that driven locker room presence (on any front) anymore.

Gainey canned him. Lou canned him….
He’s an improvement on Lewis, but that’s not saying much.