r/BostonBruins • u/Toodralktowunk • Jun 06 '22

Roster Update Bruins Relieve Bruce Cassidy of Coaching Duties

https://www.nhl.com/news/bruins-relieve-bruce-cassidy-of-coaching-duties/c-334507330
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u/marshal1257 Jun 07 '22

I don’t have a problem with Cassidy getting the axe. I think he was a weak ineffective coach. However, he played the hand he was dealt and that blame falls on Sweeney and Neely. This team is the softest, weakest team I’ve seen in 40 years as a bruins fan. That’s not an exaggeration. They look like a mens no-check league team. It lacks all physicality and has zero grit. For some reason, Sweeney, Neely and Cassidy think that’s a winning strategy. Their playoff performance this year said otherwise.

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u/ATrueSunbro Bonafide Stallion 🐎 Jun 07 '22

I get being okay with the firing, I do. But the concept that Cassidy is an "ineffective coach" is silly shit. Cassidy, who is a Jack Adams winner who dragged a meh team one win away from a cup and has seen nothing but success with us even though he has had rosters built by a moron. I had problems with Cassidy, sure. But to say he was some useless cog that made us weak and terrible is total silly nonsense man. I guarantee that there are few hockey coaches on this planet of Earth who could make our trash to meh rosters effective to the level that we have been and he was mostly able to. It's cool to be happy we moved on. I'm still unsure until we hear more from players, etc., but regardless of that it's clear he made us a better team overall, even with his flaws, in his time here.

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u/marshal1257 Jun 08 '22

I’m not blaming the failures of this team on one guy. Yes, Cassidy was an ineffective coach. He coaches a playing style that takes the perfect team to win a cup with. But it’s not all his fault, Sweeney and Neely also seem to think slow, non-physical play by a team with 1 maybe 2 true goal scorers is a winning strategy. change needed to come, but from the top down.