Report: The Bruins are playing unfair games with Claude Julien.

When a respected hockey analyst speaks up on a subject that is clearly bothering him, people tend to start listening. ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun went on a rant yesterday regarding the Boston Bruins handling of head coach Claude Julien. The team has yet to make a decision whether Julien is to remain behind the bench, a period of time that LeBrun finds to be disrespectful. LeBrun writes: I agreed with the Bruins’ original decision after Peter Chiarelli was fired to wait until a new general manager was hired to decide Julien’s fate. That makes sense to me. And certainly had a new GM been hired from the outside, you would understand that he would need some time to get to know Julien before making a decision. But the fact that the GM was an in-house promotion — and I think Don Sweeney is going to be a very good GM — what’s the wait now? What does Sweeney not know about Julien now that he didn’t know for the past eight years Julien has been behind the Bruins’ bench? I mean, it’s getting to the point where it’s almost unfair. Make a decision, fire him or keep him, but decide already. Newly appointed GM Don Sweeney addressed Juien's future with the Bruins on Wednesday, but revealed very little about an upcoming decision. “I have some things that I want to sit down with Claude and go through in a very orderly fashion, as to where I think things need to change, and what direction we need to change as a group,” he said. “So it’s just about lining up philosophical approaches that I believe in, that he believes in, and that we can move the group forward.” It all seems like a lot of posturing from Boston and we will likely get a decision regarding Julien shortly. Should the Bruins retain Julien or is a complete re-vamp in order?