Stars To Name Glen Gulutzan Head Coach

[chilly666]

Texas Stars coach Glen Gulutzan is expected to be named the new coach of the Dallas Stars by the end of the week, multiple sources said Monday.

A contract with Gulutzan is still in the process of being finalized.

The 39-year-old will take over for Marc Crawford, who was fired by general manager Joe Nieuwendyk at the end of the season after two years behind the Dallas bench.

via espndallas.com

[sporr]

Good. Crawford is such a tool.

[Gunslinger]

Never heard of him until now. Anybody got an opinion on him? Any Stars fans care to weigh in? I thought Crawford would have worked in Dallas but hey, what do I know?

[Anthony19]

Gully is a real cool dude. Got to meet him a few times when he was coachin here in Vegas. He took us to the finals once, but we were beat by a highly skilled Cyclones team. I didn't care for Gully at first because he kept trading are tough guys for soft euros, but he eventually brought in a badass team for the 08-09 season. Tim Spencer, Steve Makaway, JD Watt, and Brandon Straub would take on anyone the league had to offer. There weren't too many games that year that didn't have a tilt.

Gully was the awarded a contract next season with the Texas Stars and took them to the AHL finals his first year there in 09-10.

The guy has taken a team to the finals in every league he has coached in, so its a no brainer decision here for Dallas. Even a Finals loss is better than the crap they are putting out on the ice.

[chilly666]

you left out the part in which is he very boring. his defenseman rarely pinch and always go into a shell in front of the netminder

[Gunslinger]

A New Jersey west? So long as they play tough I'll take it. And win of course. I just wish they would get that ownership stuff taken care off.