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Who's wife is he sleeping with this time?

I can't believe Nolan is going through this again. This guy must be a first-rate idiot. After getting black-balled, you would think he would be on his best behaviour... some guys just never learn.

Nolan's a good coach, but you gotta get along with the man who runs the team. Anyone know what the problem is between the two?

Already? But ... he's just getting warmed up!

Surely Ted Nolan must know better by now than to get into a pis*sing contest with a skunk! A very insecure skunk, I might add! Does Garth Snow want the coaching job too, or just feels threatened?

Maybe he refused to sleep with Garth's wife, PK!

Or maybe he refused to sleep with Gart, DC?

The problam was mid season last year Snow wanted to bring up the Rookies Okposo etc. Nolan wanted to proactivly get some more scoring via trade. Snow won that battle and Wang agreed .Nolan wants extension if they are going to go the young route (rightfully so). He shouldnt be held accoutible for a rebuilding project.

Nolan is a good coach, but not strong developing the young players. He would not play Nillson, has not given Tambellini top line ice time. Sent down Campoli beggining of 06-07 after he played every game in 05/06. Nolan feels the need to reprove himself after what happened in the past. This is probably not the right team for him.

TSN reporting Nolan is out..

If Nolan's out again, I think he's out for good. Sure, Snow's an unproven GM, but he is still the boss. And you can't say Muckler was unproven back in Buffalo! Two bosses, two conflicts, three strikes.

I don't think he's out for good. He's way to good for that. And to be honest, who do you think have the most credibility of him and Snow? I mean come on, the team's runned by an owner who fired his GM 3 months after he hired him.

Weak GM, hard to imagine he's a worse GM than he was a goalie.
Atrociously bad owner. Still dreaming of some never will be real estate project, when RE is the toilet anyway.

Anyone who doesn't agree with Wang or has independent thought is fired. It's happened time and time again. The organization is a disgrace to hockey, and more to their own history. It's like a King that becomes a homeless grifter 5 years later. Mistake after mistake was made and again today this team sinks to a new low. For years we put up with Mike Milbury hanging around because he always had his nose buried in between Wang's cheeks. You get someone like Neil Smith who doesn't want to be lead around on a collar, so you fire him a day later. So he replaces him with Snow Job knowing he will he will be a complete pushover and do exactly what he's told. It's never ending. Just fold the team, or sell them off, it's over. Time for the dog to be taken out back and shot in the head.

So now the race is on to find another "yes man" to placate Wang. Anyone with independent thought need not apply.

Worst GM I've seen in a while and I'm a freaking Rangers fan. Nolan wasn't the problem; Snow was.

DP going to be able to make it through more than half the season this year? They got him til hes 40!

Man... I feel kinda bad for all the dirt that was thrown around here after Muckler canned him. We've now had the same coach for 10 years and I couldn't be happier. "The Hardest Working Team In Hockey" may have seen some low point after he left.... but at least now you can realize exactly where the true problem is.

Possibly Nolan wanted no part of a return of Yashin? Couldn't blame him if that's the case. Whims of an owner are not conducive to winning.

Look for the Isles to ring up Torts now that they need a (good) coach.

Worst organization in sports. Worst building in sports. Worst fans in sports. Enough said

Who could work in Charles Wangs organization anyway ?
Nolon is a good coach he'll catch on some where .

Short Wang will offer the job to Snow. If Garth doesn't take it, Short Wang will promote Mike Comrie to the coaching position!

This is the worst possible news for the Islanders. I can't think of anything they could have done that was more pointless and headed in the wrong direction than to fire tneir best asset. I've followed the Islanders for years and consider this a number one disaster. Nolan was an exceptional manager. I can't wait to hear that Garth Snow has been fired. As for following the Islanders any longer ... why root for a team that allows something so self-destructive to happen.