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    Pittsburgh/Western PA Banter & Complaint Thread

    in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania

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    Prediction fail...

    Sorry !! learn to stop when you're behind

     

    http://http://triblive.com/sports/dejankovacevic/dejancolumns/6101769-74/lemieux-burkle-coach

     

    By Dejan Kovacevic 

    Published: Friday, May 16, 2014, 11:22 p.m.

    Updated 12 hours ago

     

    Let's dispense with this right up front: Dan Bylsma isn't coming back to coach the Penguins.

    No chance.

    Not happening.

    Now of course, his name never came up in the team's clumsy, confounding news conference Friday, the one in which Ray Shero was fired and we then waited awkwardly for the other shoe that never dropped. There already was an element of weirdness that the announcement wasn't being made by owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle but by CEO David Morehouse, Shero's hierarchical equal. And it reached another level when one wiseacre actually had to ask whether, in fact, Bylsma was being fired.

    You're welcome.

    The answer from Morehouse was no different than those from Lemieux and Burkle an hour later, when they and I met in the owners' voluminous office across the Consol Energy Center hall from the news conference they just dodged.

    “Dan's still the coach,” Lemieux replied to my first question, and he kept a straight face.

    But no, really, Dan isn't still the coach. And I'll tell you why: It's because when Lemieux and Burkle arrived at their decision to fire Shero, they did so not only because of lousy drafts and an old, overpaid, soft roster, but also because — and let's be clear on this — the coach was every bit on board.

    When Burkle made public it was Lemieux who ordered the addition of Jacques Martin to the staff last summer “to bring another coach in and see if we could be more flexible, try to adapt between how we were playing in the regular season and in the playoffs,” he wasn't exactly endorsing the head coach.

    When Lemieux repeatedly stated the Penguins were lacking “grit and character,” he once took the extra step to add, “even on special teams.” The power play, he meant. Shooting the puck. Crashing the net. That's on the coach.

    When I asked how the Penguins could go all season without giving soon-to-be-ancient defense prospect Simon Despres a long look, Lemieux replied, “Yeah.” Burkle chimed in, “Agree with that 100 percent.”

    When Burkle described being convinced last summer by Shero to keep Bylsma, he recalled: “If you look back at that today, in some ways, I wish we hadn't made that bet. If we're disappointed, it's that we lost a year to the change that we should have made already.”

    Yeah, that coach isn't coming back.

    Pittsburgh/Western PA Banter & Complaint Thread

    in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania

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    Why do people hate. When peoples opinions are not like there own. And. Act like there opinion is 100 % right?????? No one knows what the future holds. Balsma could. Win. 6 out of next 8 stanly cups. And this will all be moot , when. U keep losing when it matters and fans and writers start turning on u. U r going to be replaced. They gave db extension to show all they are behind him. And if he gets knocked out early. This year. I bet he will not be around next year. U see all negativity building already. U can't have all this talent and not win in this day and age I hope he wins a cup this year. But I can't see it. There will be to much pressure. On this franchise

    because they are college age Skulls full of Mush Who believe that their opinion is right & have been told that their entire life, From the 1st time they got a trophy for signing up to play a sport 

    Pittsburgh/Western PA Banter & Complaint Thread

    in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania

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    http://nesn.com/2014/02/olympic-hock...oss-to-canada/

    “It’s tough to win when you don’t play in the offensive zone,” he added.

    Zach Parise !! USA Captain

    http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2...t-play-scared/

    “We didn’t show up to play. It’s kind of frustrating,” Suter said, per the Olympic News Service. “They’re a good team. We sat back, we were passive. You can’t play scared.”

     
    Suter was a very prominent player for USA too 
     
     
     
    Next thing you're going to tell me these are jabs at DB too.

    WELL WHO THE **** SETS THE GAME PLAN ????????????????????

    Pittsburgh/Western PA Banter & Complaint Thread

    in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania

    Posted

    Haha how is that ripping him? DB benched Brown. They asked him why, he said " We went with players we thought could score us a goal " Brown said " I'm not happy about it, but it's the coach's job to figure out the best chance to win if that's what he thinks. "  Boy he really roasted him.

    saying that the COACH has to find a way to win isn't ripping the coach ?? boy you must really pay attention to hockey Players in interviews they go out of their way not to rip teammates or coaches. That is as good a Rip on a coach you will get from a Player in Hockey

    Pittsburgh/Western PA Banter & Complaint Thread

    in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania

    Posted

    http://nesn.com/2014/02/olympic-hock...oss-to-canada/

    “It’s tough to win when you don’t play in the offensive zone,” he added.
    Zach Parise !! USA Captain

    http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2...t-play-scared/

    “We didn’t show up to play. It’s kind of frustrating,” Suter said, per the Olympic News Service. “They’re a good team. We sat back, we were passive. You can’t play scared.”
     
    Suter was a very prominent player for USA too 

    Pittsburgh/Western PA Banter & Complaint Thread

    in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania

    Posted

    I feel bad for him. If he has another playoff exit. Without making it to cup. He is gone. Guaranteed.

    no he won't If he didn't get fired last year afte that disgusting "Performance" against the Bruins with only 1 year left on deal they are NOT firing him with 2 years left & those 2 years being the extension they just gave him in the offseason 

     

     

    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/dan-bylsma-deserves-blame-for-usa-hockey-s-olympic-embarrassment-231757389.html;_ylt=AwrBEiHaYAlTOEQAwtJNbK5_

     

     

    Puck daddy who likes him ! Blaming him 

    Pittsburgh/Western PA Banter & Complaint Thread

    in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania

    Posted

    If they would have made a qualifying offer on AJ it would have been 14 mil, sources say we offered him 12. The phils would have swept in and picked him up at 16, giving us a 1st round draft pick in compensation. Then we could have gone out and got Morales for 1st. We would of had to give up a 1st rounder but we would have of had that extra pick to make up for it. What's spending an extra 2 mil if you're already going to offer 12? The Pirates blow me away sometimes. They made huge strides last year, only to sour things in the offseason. Not good business.

    NOPE! AJ is the one I agree with the Pirates on Mid 30's pitchers hit the wall & hit it hard & a Phillies fan on twitter hated the signing because the Pirates had really good infield defense & he said the only infielder for Phillies that is above avg. defensively & above avg. range is 2nd Basemen Chase Utley 

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