Last updated: May 12, 2013
May 12, 2013
"There was never any question on that, The question we were dealing with during that time was that we needed our players to play the way they needed to play, not the way they wanted to play."
Mark Purdy: McLellan validates G.M. Wilson's trust
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Purdy: San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan has earned job security
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insidebayarea.com
- May 12, 2013
If ever there were a season you could use "creative" in relation to a Sharks coach, this is the one.
ron wilson "There was never any question on that, The question we were dealing with during that time was that we needed our players to play the way they needed to play, not the way they wanted to play."
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thestar.com
- Jan 27, 2013
Hockey Night in Canada commentator Don Cherry calls Oilers rookie Nail Yakupov an ‘idiot’ for his over-the-top celebration after scoring the tying goal in Edmonton’s 2-1 win over the Kings on Thursday.
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bleacherreport.com
- Apr 16, 2012
Throughout the Toronto Maple Leafs collapse this season, during a game at the Air Canada Centre, fans serenaded the stadium with chants of, "FIRE WILSON! FIRE WILSON!" General Manager Brian Burke took notice, and within a few days he fired longtime friend Ron Wilson and replaced him with Randy Carlyle.While Wilson couldn't bring the Leafs out of their collapse and into the playoffs this year, ther
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Apr 10, 2012
"It’s about time you got down on your knees to ask me questions, They should be doing that in Toronto, but they don’t."
Apr 11, 2012
"Me and Ron don’t really talk — so that’s all I’ve got to say about that."
Leafs lacked confidence, Carlyle says
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Leafs lacked confidence in late-season swoon
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sports.nationalpost.com
- Apr 11, 2012
Where his predecessor might have sneered, Randy Carlyle smiled. His grip on the podium was light, or as light as possible, given the circumstance
randy carlyle "Confidence is the No. 1 thing that, I would say, this team did not have, We were not a confident group."
brian burke "I’d say the one place where Ron Wilson and I were not on the same page is that central issue, how we play the game, I like to dictate how the game is played. I don’t like to have it dictated to me. We’re not big enough to play it my way; we’re not big enough to play it Randy’s way."
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theglobeandmail.com
- Apr 11, 2012
A long run or two by Toronto could provide a financial windfall for a rights holder
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thestar.com
- Apr 10, 2012
Once, the scrum was just that — a chaotic, ad-hoc formation that vaguely resembles an actual conversation. But the trend is toward the press conference model, and the regimentation of every interaction between the athlete and the media.
ron wilson "It’s about time you got down on your knees to ask me questions, They should be doing that in Toronto, but they don’t."
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sportsnet.ca
- Mar 28, 2012
The brass at MLSE wants the Maple Leafs to win just as badly as the long-suffering fans do; it's just that they've been incompetent.
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sportsnet.ca
- Mar 27, 2012
Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said Tuesday it was "unacceptable" that his team had gone more than 7 weeks since winning in its own building.
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sports.nationalpost.com
- Mar 22, 2012
Eric Koreen: Carmelo Anthony was a key figure in Mike D’Antoni’s exit from the Knicks. He was presented as the player with the most problems with the coach
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Mar 19, 2012
"I told Pat, I said, 'once I get permission from you, I'm going after the job, I'll do what I have to do to get the job in terms of preparation and you know me Pat I'll be prepared.' I was surprised I got the job."
Mar 19, 2012
"What you have to have is passion for the game and a love of the game, That doesn't change. You do get tired at times. That's a lot of games."
Mar 19, 2012
"My motivation was always to be prepared enough to help the players be the best they could be, That's what gave me the pleasure and that's what gave me the feeling that I was successful in what I was trying to do. You don't get to the number of games he's at without recognizing that and knowing that you need to be prepared. You don't con people at that stage. They know when you're ready and they know when you're doing your work and clearly that record proves that he's been prepared all his career."
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ron wilson "My motivation was always to be prepared enough to help the players be the best they could be, That's what gave me the pleasure and that's what gave me the feeling that I was successful in what I was trying to do. You don't get to the number of games he's at without recognizing that and knowing that you need to be prepared. You don't con people at that stage. They know when you're ready and they know when you're doing your work and clearly that record proves that he's been prepared all his career."
ron wilson "I told Pat, I said, 'once I get permission from you, I'm going after the job, I'll do what I have to do to get the job in terms of preparation and you know me Pat I'll be prepared.' I was surprised I got the job."
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Mar 14, 2012
"playing at a 100-point pace."
Leafs are a disaster
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Leafs are a disaster
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Leafs are a disaster
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hockeybuzz.com
- Mar 13, 2012
PLANTATION, Fla. (Mar. 13) – The well-documented and turbulent relationship between Ron Wilson and the Toronto hockey media became irrelevant 11 nights ago, when the 27th coach in Maple Leafs history was fired. The tempestuous character of Wilson’s old boss, Brian Burke, assumed national prominence less than 24 hours later during the weekly Coach’s Corner segment on Hockey Night In Canada. D
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bleacherreport.com
- Mar 11, 2012
A theme has peppered most of the San Jose Sharks 2011-12 season: Closing is everything.The Sharks have not only had problems putting away games, but putting away scoring opportunities. They are without a power play in six games and 13 power-play chances.Saturday, they had four more possessions from draws and only gave two more back on turnovers than the Coyotes. They had an 82-54 edge in shots at
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bleacherreport.com
- Mar 10, 2012
The slumping Toronto Maple Leafs fell 1-0 to the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night, in a game that prospect Nazem Kadri may have been able to salvage.Kadri, who currently plays for the Leafs' AHL affiliate Toronto Marlies, was drafted seventh overall in the first round of the 2009 NHL entry draft. In 38 games for the Marlies this season he has tallied 11 goals and 18 assists.In t
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csnphilly.com
- Mar 10, 2012
Don Cherry lashed out against Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke for not having any players from Ontario on the Leafs roster.
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torontosun.com
- Mar 10, 2012
Fans are being pressed to take sides in the Don Cherry — Brian Burke debate on how best to build the Maple Leafs.
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torontosun.com
- Mar 9, 2012
Of the sometimes ridiculous notions that are put forth on radio call-in shows by fans of the Maple Leafs — if not some hosts themselves — few are as silly as the idea that the club tanks the remaining 15 games in order to move up in the 2012 entry draft.
Clarke MacArthur "Just the pride in our room, you want to finish as high as we can here and do the best job we can,"
Clarke MacArthur "I don’t think any team in their right mind would tank a season and try to get a higher draft pick. I don’t see how that is going to help us, you know, in the immediate future."
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theglobeandmail.com
- Mar 9, 2012
Last Saturday on , Don Cherry claimed that Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke had gone behind his back to his CBC bosses to have the Coach's Corner star fired.
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edmontonsun.com
- Mar 8, 2012
Hockey Canada and USA Hockey are talking about banning fighting, and there’s a movement to ban fighting in the NHL.
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thestar.com
- Mar 7, 2012
Top prospects willing to “go through a brick wall” for inspirational bench boss, who could land NHL job elsewhere after Randy Carlyle hiring.
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sports.nationalpost.com
- Mar 6, 2012
It seems to be a never-ending feud between two of hockey’s biggest personalities. But how do they stack up?
brian burke "I’ve run three drafts [with the Leafs], and in those three drafts that I’ve been here, we lead the league with eight Ontario-born players drafted,"
brian burke "So the notion that we don’t like Ontario kids, that’s garbage."
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bleacherreport.com
- Mar 6, 2012
Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke, who is already on thin ice with Toronto media, made matters worse on Tuesday by hanging up during a radio interview.An interview with host John Moore of Toronto's News Talk 1010 started off innocent enough, but quickly turned hostile as Burke took issue with what he called was a "gutless" question.When Moore asked Burke if he felt he was "close to the door," Tor
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Mar 6, 2012
"Wow, Gordon Bombay did not age well."
Ron Wilson gone but not forgotten
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Mar 6, 2012
"came really close that one time."
Ron Wilson gone but not forgotten
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