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Pens and Sully Part Ways

This is surprising. He should have been released two years ago, IMO, but wasn't. I thought that he would weather the storm
 
Sully wasn't the problem for what ails the organization, it's FSG itself. They hired Hextall who completely dry humped this organization into contractual hell, brought in aging, worthless, players and made trades that left even the most casual fan scratching their scalps raw. But hey, let's get rid of a coach worthy of representing team USA in the 2022 Olympics and more recently, in the Four Nations tournament because the pens missed the playoffs.

Pittsburgh sports are turning into a real ******* joke as of late.
 
So they will fire a back to back Stanley Cup winning Coach..wow...Steelers take note.


In this case though,it's not the coaches fault.
 
Sounds like they came to the parting of ways because they had different paths forward.
Since Sullivan's hands were tied on the dumb old guy contracts/trades, he probably insisted on a housecleaning that will not happen.

This sounds like the perfect landing spot for a guy with 18 consecutive Tomlinships!! Slightly different sport, but he is not a strategy or X/O guy anyways. First pro Crossover coach!
Just like Ted Lasso!!! All in Pittsburgh!
 
Wow, wasn't expecting this. Sully was a big 3 casualty. They should have been broken up and the rebuild started a few years ago. When a team feels they owe aging players the right to go out on their own terms it never ends well.
 
str8liner said:
Wow, wasn't expecting this. Sully was a big 3 casualty. They should have been broken up and the rebuild started a few years ago. When a team feels they owe aging players the right to go out on their own terms it never ends well.
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Short of buying them out they are stuck with them. Letang and Gino’s play have been so poor and inconsistent that you’d never get anything for them. Not at those contract values.
 
Sarge said:
Short of buying them out they are stuck with them. Letang and Gino’s play have been so poor and inconsistent that you’d never get anything for them. Not at those contract values.
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You'd have to make a Russell Wilson deal to move them.
 
Confluence said:
You'd have to make a Russell Wilson deal to move them.
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Probably so. That said, I can’t see them making much progress until they can get out from under the albatross that is these dead weight contracts. Resigning them was epically stupid. As str8liner said, the team doesn’t owe them anything. At this point they are stealing money.
 
Sarge said:
Probably so. That said, I can’t see them making much progress until they can get out from under the albatross that is these dead weight contracts. Resigning them was epically stupid. As str8liner said, the team doesn’t owe them anything. At this point they are stealing money.
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The only guy I'd keep is Crosby.
 
Looks like he was able to find a new gig quickly
 
I was ready to can Sully a couple years ago but now I can see he's not the issue. The cards he's been given aren't worth a damn except Crosby, Rakell, Rusty, a few young players and Accari. That sombitch would run through a wall to win. The rest would be lucky to find a spot in the ECHL

Cutting the head coach was only a self serving move to save Dubas' own skin. He'll be next and we'll be without a coach capable of winning the Stanley Cup. We let a damn good coach and better human being go and for what?

 
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Rick O 'Shea back with Philthy
 
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