Allaire won't be back

[GhostofPotvin29]

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Michael Traikos ‏@Michael_Traikos

Francois Allaire confirms he's left the #Leafs: "I didn't feel like I could do my job last year." More to come.

Elliotte Friedman ‏@FriedgeHNIC

@RenLavoieRDS and his middle initial reported this morning that Francois Allaire is leaving Maple Leafs. Rick St. Croix among possible replacements, but wonder if Toronto will consider Andy Nowicki. He was James Reimer's guru and did a great job with him. .

James Mirtle ‏@mirtle

No huge shock that Francois Allaire may leave the Leafs. Rumours were he was unhappy much of last season, in part due to all the criticism.

TSN story: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=405486

 

[Peter D.]

I'm surprised and not surprised both at the same time.  I thought the whole issue surrounding him blew over. 

 

[Stronger Than All]

This is a bit strange to me.  I thought when we were hearing all the criticism someone assured he wasn't going anywhere.  and now this.  oh well.

 

[Joe S.]

This is a bit strange to me.  I thought when we were hearing all the criticism someone assured he wasn't going anywhere.  and now this.  oh well.

But it sounds like he's leaving, not that he was let go.

 

[Corn Flake]

The timing is weird, being this close to the imaginary season starting.

Wonder if a replacement is in line already as if camp started this week they would have been up a creek without a goaltending coach.  Not a good thing given the challenges in that dept.

 

[Joe S.]

The timing is weird, being this close to the imaginary season starting.

Wonder if a replacement is in line already as if camp started this week they would have been up a creek without a goaltending coach.  Not a good thing given the challenges in that dept.

I think Jeff Reese is available

 

[Redleaf]

Jeez. The guy can't handle a bit of critism???

It's official....

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=405486

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

Jeez. The guy can't handle a bit of critism???

It's official....

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=405486

What do you mean he couldn't take the criticism? I didn't see anything in that article that talks about that.

 

[ZBBM]

A year too late for the Monster, unfortunately.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Jeez. The guy can't handle a bit of critism???

It's official....

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=405486

What do you mean he couldn't take the criticism? I didn't see anything in that article that talks about that.

My fault - my original post had a Mirtle tweet that references it.  It's there now.

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

My fault - my original post had a Mirtle tweet that references it.  It's there now.

Oh it's rumoured, thanks Potvin.

 

[Champ Kind]

UPDATED

Michael Traikos ‏@Michael_Traikos

Francois Allaire confirms he's left the #Leafs: "I didn't feel like I could do my job last year." More to come.

Elliotte Friedman ‏@FriedgeHNIC

@RenLavoieRDS and his middle initial reported this morning that Francois Allaire is leaving Maple Leafs. Rick St. Croix among possible replacements, but wonder if Toronto will consider Andy Nowicki. He was James Reimer's guru and did a great job with him. .

James Mirtle ‏@mirtle

No huge shock that Francois Allaire may leave the Leafs. Rumours were he was unhappy much of last season, in part due to all the criticism.

TSN story: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=405486

Rick St. Croix is an excellent adult filmstar name.

Seems a bit strange, but realistically these sorts of personnel changes happen all the time.  On the other hand, sort of makes you wonder if there was in fact legitimacy to some of the things being said / speculated on last year.

 

[Corn Flake]

Apparently Scrivens is saying he will continue to work with Allaire at his camps...

http://theleafsnation.com/2012/9/17/housecleaning-franois-allaire-quits-kulemin-goes-to-russia

 

[Corn Flake]

Allaire.. not leaving on terribly friendly terms.

http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/09/17/francois-allaire-quits-leafs-i-couldnt-do-my-job/

 

[Peter D.]

Allaire.. not leaving on terribly friendly terms.

http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/09/17/francois-allaire-quits-leafs-i-couldnt-do-my-job/

This indeed sounds troubling:

?To be honest, I don?t think the Leafs need a goalie coach,? Allaire, whose contract expired at the end of the season, said in a phone interview on Monday. ?I think they have enough of them. They have two or three guys who were making decisions with the goalies. In the NHL, that?s not the way it works.

?If that?s the way they want to operate, then I?m not there.?

:-X

 

[iwas11in67]

Maybe Luongo doesn't like him.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

People who put our goalie woes on the head of Allaire last year are pretty silly, mostly made of the same crowd that like to label Phaneuf(his contract might be) as awful and a disgrace.

It's troubling to hear that his work was interfered with, great news to have two young goalies and no recognised respected goalie coach.

EDIT: It sounds like Wilson was a big problem, he spoke about not renewing even though they changed coaching staff.

 

[Fanatic]

Elliotte Friedman‏@FriedgeHNIC

Would assume that Eli Wilson, who was the Ottawa goalie coach and helped build Carey Price, is a possible Toronto target.

 

[caver]

There is some logic in what Allaire says about the Leafs defence but his complaints about the coaching staff make him sound a bit like a prima donna.

 

[caver]

Is this a job that Cujo would fit into?