Ted Nolan Out..

wannabewhale · Jul 14, 2008

of NYI with a year left on this contract. Did he sleep with Snow's wife this time??

jdigae01 · Jul 15, 2008

Makes no sense to me at all. Not after u just sat and watched all the potential new manager candidates get jobs.

PhilMoneyMargonis · Jul 15, 2008

islanders organization has been stupid for a while now. Charles Wang or whatver his name is interjects and does stupid stuff

they had no scoring on that team at all and Nolan still got them in the playoffs 2 years ago with a lazy Yashin and slow Satan

wannabewhale · Jul 15, 2008

Sort of the same situation in Buffalo when he wasn't asked back. Maybe he is hard to deal with??

bluebirdsbaby · Jul 15, 2008

From what I heard, Snow thought he had all the talent on his roster and needed better coaching... and Nolan thought he needed better talent on the team.

jdigae01 · Jul 15, 2008

Well if snow thinks they have talent hes fukin nuts.

i mean when mike comrie is ur go to guy ur in trouble

EveryGamblersDream · Jul 16, 2008

This was clearly a management vs coach situation. They did not see eye to eye & the relationship was beyond repair. Snow was pissed at how Nolan preferred to use veterans compared to young talent.

I side with Nolan here as the team was close to being a playoff team until the injuries were too much to handle. He as usual is getting a raw deal & Snow is clearly not with the program.

The sign that this was definitely over was when Nolan sat away from them during the draft. He also was not consulted in any fashion in regards to the free agent signings. He was pretty much just a coach who had to coach what he had without putting his own touch on things. A situation like that will never work.