espn radio - savard fired

#1TKfan · Post #1 » by **#1TKfan** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:40 pm

just heard on espn radio 1000 that denis got fired. im not a HUGE hockey fan and i dont pretend to be. but i have been keeping up w/ the blackhawks lately. i have to say im am shocked to hear about this.

savard will be on 1000 soon to explain.

#1TKfan · Post #2 » by **#1TKfan** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:47 pm

former head coach of the Colorado Avalanche and St. Louis Blues, Joel Quenneville is the new head coach.

its being discussed on 670 the score.

Demon2 · Post #3 » by **Demon2** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:41 pm

For a 1 - 2 - 1 start? Didn't they win last night?

That is pretty shocking and downright depressing. I'm sure there is some issues we can't see here. Savard brought the team back from the depths last season and now gets dumped after 2 losses on the night of his first win?

Cliff Levingston · Post #4 » by **Cliff Levingston** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:00 pm

No one fires a guy for a 1-2-1 start. There had to be thoughts from management about this all off season. Obviously they think they've got a better guy for the job in Quennville.

Magilla_Gorilla · Post #5 » by **Magilla_Gorilla** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:20 pm

The Chicago Blackhawks fired head coach Denis Savard just four games into the season on Thursday, replacing him with NHL coaching veteran Joel Quenneville.

Denis Savard

Savard
The team canceled its Thursday practice and scheduled an afternoon news conference for 5:30 p.m. ET.

"I'm disappointed but I guess it's the nature of the business," Savard said from his Chicago home Thursday.

"I know I was doing a good job, I'm dedicated to my work. Obviously they felt they had to make a change, so what can you do."

Savard, who was in the last year of his contract, was told he'd been fired Thursday morning by GM Dale Tallon.

"I knew I had to do well this year. We talked this summer and I was aware of that," Savard said.

The dismissal came hours after the team won its first game by beating Phoenix 4-1. The Blackhawks are now run by owner Rocky Wirtz, and the combination of a slow start and a big public relations push may have led to Savard's abrupt ouster.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3646685

Post #6 » by **dougthonus** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:24 pm

WTF indeed.

WEFFPIM · Post #7 » by **WEFFPIM** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:25 pm

Hold up, WHAT?

Magilla_Gorilla · Post #8 » by **Magilla_Gorilla** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:32 pm

Unbelieveable. They hired Quenneville as a scout in the off-season, if there was any doubt they shouldn't have brought Savard back.

Chewie · Post #9 » by **Chewie** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:33 pm

Clearly he didn't commit to the Indian.

#1TKfan · Post #10 » by **#1TKfan** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:10 pm

savard is about to come one mac, jurko and harry - espn radio 1000 - in a few min.

there has to be more to this than what the record showed.

#1TKfan · Post #11 » by **#1TKfan** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:36 pm

what a classy guy. he said he is leaving w/ his head up high and wish the blackhawks and the new coach the best of luck. he still believes the blackhawks are going to win the cup and is disappointed he wont be a part of it, but is glad to be involved w/ the team in his 1st year.

he didnt give a good reason why he was fired. there still go to be more to it. he just said management wasnt happy w/ the start.

SportsWorld · Post #12 » by **SportsWorld** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:47 pm

What the hell..

Posey H8er · Post #13 » by **Posey H8er** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:52 pm

This makes no sense. MJ&H were mentioning some points that perhaps the management didn't like the lines he was making. Supposedly Scotty Bowman thinks Patrick Sharp is a 4th line player. He should be at the wing instead of at center.

Posey H8er · Post #14 » by **Posey H8er** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:20 pm

I love Savard because he is a Chicago icon, but I don't think we could have expected that to mean he would have kept his job until he did not want it anymore. Management is definitely stressing winning, and apparently they thought the best way to achieve that was by firing Savard.

At least with Joel Quenneville the Blackhawks are not downgrading their head coaching position.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB_LC10N3xU
COMMIT TO THE INDIAN

SportsWorld · Post #15 » by **SportsWorld** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:35 pm

Press Conference starting in a few minutes on CSN

Posey H8er · Post #16 » by **Posey H8er** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:44 pm

Dale Tallon looks so uncomfortable answering questions about the firing.

SportsWorld · Post #17 » by **SportsWorld** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:56 pm

Savard will be offered a position in the organization.

Post #18 » by **timd1218** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:00 pm

Posey H8er wrote:This makes no sense. MJ&H were mentioning some points that perhaps the management didn't like the lines he was making. Supposedly Scotty Bowman thinks Patrick Sharp is a 4th line player. He should be at the wing instead of at center.

Bowman is nuts if he thinks Sharp is a 4th line player. You don't pay a 4th line player $4-5 million a year. If he ends up playing on the 4th line, Chicago just got robbed on that contract extension.

Posey H8er · Post #19 » by **Posey H8er** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:04 pm

I don't know how much of that is true though. After all it is coming from guys who just jumped on the Blackhawks bandwagon.

Posey H8er · Post #20 » by **Posey H8er** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:13 pm

SportsWorld wrote:Savard will be offered a position in the organization.

I wonder what that position will be, but I doubt Savvy stays. The Blackhawks are only doing that in order to protect the legacy and love the city has for him.