http://flyers.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=3...mp;service=page

haha 5 seconde faster than me

Great news... Paddock should do good with the Phantoms and vice versa..

Good news - I like Chief, even if he threatened to kick my a** one time at Maynard's in Margate in 1990.

Also not unexpected.

enforcers always make great coaches. love this move

Should I be surprised that Paddock is taking an AHL job?

That's right about at his level...

He had a winning record with Ottawa, and ended up losing 5 straight games. He was fired...and the Sens were still on top of the conference. I think he'll do fine.

Awesome. If people were concerned before that there was no fire behind the bench, that will certainly change with Berube.



Ummm... you can't make a statement like that without following up with the story.

In that case, we have enough alumni to make up the greatest coaching team of all-time. What are Dave Brown, Frank Bathe, Glen Cochrane, Dupont, Behn Wilson, and The Hammer up to?

OK - Chief, Dave Brown, and Paul Coffey all walk through the door (what's the connection, who knows? This was way before Coffey played for the Flyers). We were playing pool with DB, and he told us it was Coffey sitting at the bar with Berube. I went up to talk to him, and apparently Chief had had enough from everyone coming up & interrupting them, so he told me to "leave him the f*** alone before I kick your f***ing a**." Needless to say, I left him the f*** alone.

I didn't realize that Paddock was Assistant GM for the Flyers for a season.

Would have liked Paddock as the assistant, not Chief.

good news.

why?

Maybe Berube was ****** because he wanted the attention too? Hah.

Probably pretty wise on your part to leave him alone.

That's funny, 'cause what I told my friends when I got back to my table!! And I may have been drinking, but I wasn't gonna mess with the Chief (that's back when he had the killer mullet).

Brian Propp also used to show up occasionally that summer at Maynard's. Brown was there ALL the time.

I've always gotten the impression that spotting a Flyer/former Flyer in NJ is very easy. A friend of mine who is a hockey writer can probably point out the homes/summer homes of 6 or 7 different former Flyers. My family had a place in the Crest but I rarely made it up that far north to hang out. So, I missed out on all of those sightings.

Propp is a really good guy, I ran into him several times. Brown seems like he'd be fun to hang out with.

And he has his own Web site.

Without hijacking this thread, I will agree with both of those statements. Propp, whenever I spotted him, was always in the company of a nice-looking gal, and would always acknowledge us when we said hello from across the bar. Dave Brown was just a regular guy, very cool; you'd never know he played in the NHL if you didn't know who he was. Berube I only saw there once.

Just think if a player screws-up out there on the ice, Berube will be waiting for them on the bench.
Old Enforcers never die. They become Coaches.

Wasn't it Berube that got Downie back in line last year? I remember reading something about Berube chewing him out in the hallway after Downie got suspended or got into some trouble during a Phantoms game.

Just imagine if Chief was an assistant last season with Vandy and Modry

I think this is a good move, and for all you "the coach needs to show emotion" people, you'll get it from the asst. now.

"jim stop being a sissy"

I hope this is a good move. I know we have a completely different line up than 06/07, plus Chief and Stevens were thrown into a mess, but I just keep having flashbacks to when we were the worst team in the NHL.

Not sure how I feel about this. I think I'm also one who would rather have Paddock as the asst. for the Flyers. I'm not sold that Berube knows enough to be a quality NHL assistant coach. I'd rather have knowledge back there than have a head case who's just going to threaten to beat the **** out of people if they make mistakes. I'd rather players have a coach that can teach them how to learn from their mistakes, than have them scared that they're going to get a butt whooping.

I'm just not sure about this. Loyalty is great. But only when it isn't a detriment to the organization.

I thought Berube did a good job with the Phantoms last season and will be fine as an asst.. I get what your saying about Paddock being more qualified to help with player development, but I don't see Berube being a detriment. Only time will tell.

Thats what I am hoping happens. That is an area that I think Stevens lacks in.

I don't know about Berube. Loved him as a player here, but when i heard him interview on one of the Coatsey's Corners, i thought maybe he wasn't all there. I know he's not the brightest bulb on the porch, but his speech was slurred, he had difficulty finding the words, & he seemed jittery.

I hope that was just nervousness, but i wish him all the luck in the '08-'09 year. Add some spark to that bench CHIEF!

Since I'm jacked on coffee and making a thousand posts this morning let me give everyone some knowledge:

Berube sucks! No coaching ability what so ever. He's the problem with the D. He can't coach them up to fix the problem because he doesn't know how to fix it. HIS COACHING RESPONSIBILITY IS THE DEFENSE. For everyone person that wants to fire Stevens, I say look to his left and right, what do you see??? We're finding out Terry Murray was the mastermind in that outfit. I don't want to hear look at the King's record they have very little talent and no goaltending. FIRE BERUBE!!

The King's PK is quite impressive...

what happend to my fire stevens thread?

im not sure if youve been watching, but the flyers biggest problem is team defense, which would include the forwards as well

I think it burst into flames and burned

My dad thinks he should be gone, and so do I.
He isn't a right fit for the Flyers. He is more fighting/loud than a coach.

Sorry TN, we had three different fire Stevens threads. They've been merged into the Stevens thread in the Current Roster Section.

Sorry, but Berube is a frigin stiff.

explain please

Actually, being that Berube isn't too well liked (as a coach) so far by a majority of the posters here, why don't you please explain why he ISN'T a stiff? (not trying to come off as an a$$, but i don't think the guy has a clue. I also posted back in August what I thought of him in this thread.

well for one, the term "stiff" implies a person lacks emotion, which berube doesnt. second, ive never heard a bad word about him during his career as both a player and a coach. i think most people dont like him b/c he was an enforcer

I guess it's a NE philly term that no one else knows about, my apologies. I'm sure he's a fine AHL coach, but to think he would have the same success as an NHL coach is asinine. Again, I'm not saying that I don't like him....I just don't like him as an assistant coach of the Flyers. To sum it up, he just doesn't come off as an intelligent person.

I don't think it is necessarily that. I think it is because it appears he only got the job due to his connection with the organization rather than actual experience and success. I would rather see the organization hire the best people available not just those who once wore the orange and black.

disagree. i think people dont like him b/c he's a goon

Haha..I like Berube because he WAS a goon, but thats just me.
I think he did a good job with the Phantoms last season and think he could be a NHL coach some day but right now he lacks in the experience dept. I would have left him as coach of the Phantoms as I think Stevens lack of emotion is rubbing off on him. Paddock should be Stevens asst. IMO.