AD Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Lou Lamoriello is back behind the bench in New Jersey.The playoff-bound Devils have fired head coach Claude Julien with less than a week to go in the regular season with the veteran GM Lamoriello taking over for the second straight season.Lamoriello also stepped behind the bench last season after Larry Robinson stepped down as coach in December.The surprising move Monday comes with the Devils second in the Eastern Conference with a 47-24-8 record and 102 points. The Devils have won four of their last five games, including Sunday's 3-1 win over Boston. They went 6-6-2 in March while battling key injuries to Brian Gionta, John Madden and Patrik Elias.Julien, a former Montreal Canadiens coach, took over the Devils on June 13, 2006, after Lamoriello relinquished the coaching duties.It's reminiscent of the 1999-2000 season when the Devils fired head coach Robbie Ftorek on March 23 and went on to win the Stanley Cup under Robinson that spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Classic Lamoriello move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 I was just gonna mention Ftorek. What a weird (and successful) little organization! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 If it wasn't April 2nd, i'd think it was a joke. THere's gotta be a story behind this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted April 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 hope this fucks them up for tomorrow and the Sens can take advantage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 I think the Devils are more dangerous under Lou than Julien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Jim Kelly was saying that there was more immediate accountability with the players and assistants when Lou was behind the bench. Makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Paraphrased:"I'm not worried because Dave [Nonis] is a shitty coach.""I'm not gonna comment on what other organizations do but to tell you the truth, it's ridiculous."Gotta love Alain Vigneault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothedShredder Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 [color:purple]Just as I predicted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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