Did you know what happened to Pittsburgh Penguins' coach?

He was fired by GM. And I personally don't mind the move. Terrian did a pretty good job while he was in Pittsburgh, but he was surrounded with a lot of talent. The past 2 seasons were pretty good but the thing I noticed with Terrian was he could never get the lineups right. The playoffs last year although he did do a pretty good job with the lineups but this year I was pretty disappointed. The Pens have the talent and the ability to hang in with any team in the NHL and have proved it this season. The other thing I REALLY REALLY disliked about Terrian is, it doesn't seem he brings the fire or intensity that other coaches do. Under Terrian the Penguins have never been a tough, aggressive, smash mouth team. That's what the penguins need good defense, aggressive play, and speed. And Bylsma plans to do exactly that; aggressive, good defense, and speed thats what hes going to bring to the table. Give him time to implement the system in Pittsburgh. I expect Big things from him.

Haven't been a hockey fan as long as many others here however I am very confused by the firing of Therrien. according to what I can find:

Five games shy of surpassing Ed Johnston's franchise-best 276 consecutive games as Penguins coach, Therrien took the fall for an underachieving club. The Penguins (27-25-5, 59 points) were 10th in the Eastern Conference as of yesterday, five points out of the eighth and final playoff spot.

Therrien was the only coach Shero had known since replacing former general manager Craig Patrick on May 25, 2006. He also was one of the most successful bench bosses in team history, with a 135-105-32 overall record after replacing Eddie Olczyk on Dec. 15, 2005.

A Jack Adams Award finalist as the NHL's top coach for the 2006-07 season, his first full season with the Penguins, Therrien returned playoff hockey to Pittsburgh after a seven-year absence with a 47-point turnaround — the fourth-best single-season improvement in NHL history.

Under Therrien, the Penguins also made the playoffs twice, going 15-10 and coming within two wins of the Stanley Cup last season, losing a six-game final to Detroit.

Shero signed Therrien to a three-year contract this past summer, agreeing to pay him around $1 million annually.

In an interview with the Tribune-Review last month, Shero said Therrien deserved the chance to get the Penguins through "tough times."

"Every time we've gone through it, we've found our way through," Shero said Jan. 22. "That's what I go on. That's what I know. I've got to give the coaching staff some credit. They've found a way the past couple of years.

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Therrien's time

Penguins regular-season coaching record: 135-105-32

Penguins postseason coaching record: 15-10

Career highlights

Dec. 15, 2005 — Therrien replaces Eddie Olczyk as coach. Under his guidance, the Penguins go 14-29-8, but finish the season 22-46-14 overall and last in the Eastern Conference.

Dec. 29, 2006 — Penguins begin a 14-0-2 streak that propels them into the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 2000-01 season.

April 19, 2007 — Penguins lose their opening round Stanley Cup playoff series to Ottawa, 4-1.

April 6, 2008 — Therrien leads the Penguins to a 47-27-8 regular-season record and their first Atlantic Division title. It was the team's first division title of any kind since winning the Northeast Division under Kevin Constantine in the 1997-98 season.

June 4, 2008 — Penguins lose the Stanley Cup Finals, 4-2, to the Detroit Red Wings.

July 18, 2008 — The Penguins and general manager Ray Shero announce they agree to a three-year contract extension with Therrien to keep him as coach through the 2010-11 season at a salary approaching $1 million annually.

Feb. 15, 2009 — After a 27-25-5 start to the 2008-09 season, Therrien is fired and replaced on an interim basis by Dan Bylsma.

Can someone with lots of knowledge and no sarcasm look at the above and explain to me how this makes ANY sense?

Feel free to seen me an extensive explaination (Preferably from LITY) to my e-mail address explaining this. I read LITYs post on another version of this topic but is still did not seem to justify this move?

He got fired because he is a bad coach. He couldn't coach in Ottawa with all the talent there, and he couldn't do it in Pittsburgh. The only reason the penguins made it to finals last year was because of all the talent they had, and the fact that Mike Yao is an awesome coach. How do you expect for Ray Shero to keep all the talent they had last year when the pens clearly don't have the cap room. Hossa alone would have taken up most of the cap room. For those of you that don't know Hossa was offered the same amount of money from Pittsburgh and Detroit, the only difference was that the pens offer had 4 years instead of one.

Their Coach Was Fired Recently.

He got fired because Ray Shero is the biggest ******* idiot in the NHL.

Michel Therrien literally pulled the Penguins up from the bottom of the standings. He united the team. But Shero being the d-bag that he is, broke up a team that had such a bright future ahead of them to bring in a rent-a-player (Marian Hossa) so that they could win a Cup now instead of later, and sadly that didn't work out.

So Shero, being the bright one that he is, decided that it was more important to dump all the teams money on Hossa, rather than re-sign key components like Ryan Malone, Ty Conklin, and Gary Roberts. Smart move, eh?

In a couple years time, a young player by the name of Angelo Esposito will likely be in all the headlines, but he won't be playing for the team who drafted him, because that team's pathetic excuse of a GM shipped him off to Atlanta for a little ginger ***** with a girl name.

Summary: Michel Therrien was fired to cover up Ray Shero's ****-ups.

He was fired.

Brought back Gonchar, team gave up 5 third-period goals to the Leafs on Saturday...not good.

There seemed to be a lack of leadership from the now-sacked coach and the captain (who's supposed to provide leadership).

i dont get it....has anyone else been around for more than the last 2 or 3 years?...because the pens were never really good until then...so why is eveyone like man they are doing so bad its such a disgrace..

He got the boot...... someone needs to fall for the bad performance of the pens who made it to the Stanley cup playoffs last year

They finally realized that in order to win that they should have a Michigander at the helm. Dan Bylsma is a great guy and should be a great coach. How could he not be, seeing that he is from good old Grand Haven, Michigan. GO WINGS!!!!

He got fired cause of bad off-season moves, key injuries and players under-performing. Have to blame somebody.