Claude Julien is still employed. At least, as of 10:35 am. Whether or not the tenured Bruins head coach remains is a mystery. An even bigger mystery is why he’d be relinquished from his head coaching duties in the first place.
Motivation to fire Julien stems from the teams wildly inconsistently play, too often following strong showings with lackluster, uninspired efforts. Boston’s inability to find themselves ready and raring to go isn’t a fault of their balding head coach. It is, in fact, a reflection of the players — a group seemingly unwilling to snap out of whatever funk they’ve been in for the past 3 seasons.