Bryan Murray Media Round Up
A summary of tweets about Murray's afternoon press availability regarding this morning's firing of Paul MacLean.
Bryan Murray spoke this afternoon about firing Paul MacLean. Here's a round up of the talking points.
Reasons why MacLean was fired:
"There was an uneasiness in our room," says Murray. Better players felt singled out too often. #Sens
— Bruce Garrioch (@SunGarrioch) December 8, 2014 Bryan Murray: "Some of the better players felt like they were singled out too often."
— Ian Mendes (@ian_mendes) December 8, 2014 Murray references Maclean's pre-game comments on Saturday where he quipped about being afraid of who he puts on the ice. #Sens
— Steve Lloyd (@TSNSteveLloyd) December 8, 2014 Pretty clear message in the presser that the players in that room didn't really like MacLean very much. Move had to be considered.
— SensChirp (@SensChirp) December 8, 2014 On Dave Cameron:
Cameron ne sera pas entraîneur de façon intérimaire. Il hérite du poste de façon permanente. #Sens #ledroit
— Sylvain St-Laurent (@Syl_St_Laurent) December 8, 2014 Bryan Murray confirms Dave Cameron will take over as head coach. Not an interim hire.
— Ian Mendes (@ian_mendes) December 8, 2014 Murray on Dave Cameron: "With our younger people, he'll be a good teacher. He's got some people skills that are necessary to be a coach."
— Ian Mendes (@ian_mendes) December 8, 2014 Murray "I think he will be a good teacher…good hockey IQ"
— Brent Wallace (@tsn_wally) December 8, 2014 Dave Cameron has two years left on his contract according to Murray.
— Ian Mendes (@ian_mendes) December 8, 2014 Cameron meeting with staff to make sure they want to stay. Looks like they want to remain here. #Sens
— Bruce Garrioch (@SunGarrioch) December 8, 2014 Murray says this gives Cameron a chance to take a run at a playoff spot. #Sens
— Bruce Garrioch (@SunGarrioch) December 8, 2014 Misc:
"I've had some tough days lately... this is one of them," says Murray. #Sens
— Bruce Garrioch (@SunGarrioch) December 8, 2014 "Do I overestimate the players? As a group our staff is included in every discussion," says Murray. #Sens
— Bruce Garrioch (@SunGarrioch) December 8, 2014 "I don't think our defence is that our bad," says Murray. #Sens
— Bruce Garrioch (@SunGarrioch) December 8, 2014 Murray told MacLean at 9:30am that he was dismissed.
— Ian Mendes (@ian_mendes) December 8, 2014 Murray: "personal, difficult decision but have to do what's best for the organization."
— Wayne Scanlan (@HockeyScanner) December 8, 2014 Murray met with players yesterday. Cameron has two years left on his deal. #Sens
— Bruce Garrioch (@SunGarrioch) December 8, 2014 "It's not that we're bad defensively, we just continually turn the puck over," says Murray #sens
— Don Brennan (@SunDoniB) December 8, 2014 Murray on potential trades: I'm talking I some teams about a move or two.
— Steve Lloyd (@TSNSteveLloyd) December 8, 2014 On Luke Richardson:
Murray confirms Luke Richardson is happy in Binghamton. #Sens
— Bruce Garrioch (@SunGarrioch) December 8, 2014 B-Sens coach Luke Richardson was a consideration but he wants to be near his daughter at Cornell.
— Wayne Scanlan (@HockeyScanner) December 8, 2014 What did you think of Murray's statements on Paul MacLean's Firing?
| Agree | 124 |
| Not sure | 96 |
| Disagree | 87 |
| Huh? | 79 |