Stars Fire Tippett

[UNTflyer]

The Dallas Stars, who struggled last season after dealing with agitator Sean Avery and missed the playoffs, have fired Dave Tippett as coach, according to a source close to the situation, ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun confirmed.

[bstnsportsfan3]

...and i heard that they are trying to get former Av's and King's coach Marc Crawford....dont know if this is good or bad.

[DeepGreen]

...and i heard that they are trying to get former Av's and King's coach Marc Crawford....dont know if this is good or bad.

This is an NT Football thread. Move this "Stars" thing to the Non-NT Sports thread.

Thank you.

[MDH]

Maybe he's suggesting that Tippett might replace Dodge.

[Quoner]

Ban UNTFlyer.

[Rudy]

This was shocking. Tippett is a good coach. I think there is more that we arent hearing. I think its very likely that there was some goings on within the organization.

The Stars have permission to talk to Marc Crawford who coached for Vancouver and most recently LA. He won a Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 1996 in their first year in Denver from Quebec. He at least has a ring, Im not too familiar with the rest of his resume. I think its a possiblity that Carbeaneau may come here. I thouhgt he was doing well with Montreal. May also see a former Devils coach come here. I cant remember the coaches name, but they had a good one not too long ago.

[UNT_playmaker]

Maybe he's suggesting that Tippett might replace Dodge.

Thats a start

[KingDL1]

...and i heard that they are trying to get former Av's and King's coach Marc Crawford....dont know if this is good or bad.

I heard this as well!

I didn't think Tippett would survive this off season, and I know several other die hards that were ready For Tippett to leave. Not that he is not a great coach they felt as I did we could use some new blood and some different attack strategies. After the change at GM this time I figured this time they may give Newy a chance to pick a new coach

[Quoner]

This was shocking. Tippett is a good coach. I think there is more that we arent hearing. I think its very likely that there was some goings on within the organization.

The Stars have permission to talk to Marc Crawford who coached for Vancouver and most recently LA. He won a Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 1996 in their first year in Denver from Quebec. He at least has a ring, Im not too familiar with the rest of his resume. I think its a possiblity that Carbeaneau may come here. I thouhgt he was doing well with Montreal. May also see a former Devils coach come here. I cant remember the coaches name, but they had a good one not too long ago.

Tippet is a great coach - but I think they want to get away from dump-and-chase hockey for good and realized that Tippett wasn't going to mesh with that. The team isn't big enough to beat people up consistently and Tippett never found that offensive balance after his first season. Nieuwy knew Tippett from Team Canada events, so I don't think it was an angry affair - just a change of direction. Maybe his mustache started making unreasonable demands to trade Turco and reacquire Mike Smith?

As for Crawford, he just flamed out so spectacularly in LA, but did have previous success. He just spent a year on HNIC, so maybe that will clear his head and get him to stop cussing like a mad man every time his team draws a penalty. If you ever stayed up and watched the Stars play in LA, he had some great tantrums. On the plus side, he will get a goalie coach and start holding Turco, Modano and a few others more accountable for working hard between games, which could either pay off or blow up spectacularly, so that will be fun.

And dude, I know you are a big hockey fan, but you know Carbo got the axe in March, right? He was coaching a portion of the Russian Mafia, but he completely lost his team early on in the season and had no clue how to get them back. I think he coaches here some day, but it might be better to wait until his old buddies are off the roster.

[SUMG]

http://starsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2...ford-hired.html

[UNTflyer]

http://starsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2...ford-hired.html

Oh man, isn't this guy being sued for a gajillion bucks? Yeah, we need a coach who is in the middle of a lawsuit for encouraging his team to get revenge for a non-call.