Memo to Jeremy Jacobs, Charlie Jacobs and Cam Neely:

We’re sure that smart fellows like you already know this, but just in case: Don’t do it.

Firing general manager Peter Chiarelli and/or coach Claude Julien would be a terrible mistake. Obviously the Bruins brass is deeply troubled and angered by the poor season that came to an end Saturday with the outcomes of games in Tampa, Philadelphia and Buffalo.

It was a flawed campaign from start to finish, and, yes, mistakes in salary cap management by Chiarelli were big reasons why.

Julien really didn’t warrant much blame. He was a busy guy all year, juggling lineups and lines, trying to find consistency in the team’s play. If anything, maybe he juggled too much. But that’s what coaches do when a team has such a terribly hard time shooting the puck into the net.

In many games, the B’s showed what they could be — including in the Game 82 shootout loss to the Lightning, a game that ultimately, because of events elsewhere, meant nothing.

But it was a reminder that the B’s were quite capable of delivering playoff-caliber performances. They just couldn’t do it consistently.

So, yes, Chiarelli and Julien could pay for it by getting the axe. The problem with that plan, alas, is that these two guys, more than anyone either Jacobs, Jeremy and Charlie, or Neely can come up with as replacements, give this team the best chance at dealing with salary cap problems, making needed roster changes and getting the B’s back into the NHL elite.

A Harvard grad and an attorney, Chiarelli has proven that he can solve problems — even ones of his own making — and turn a team around quickly.

The duo sure produced quick and impressive results after Jeremy Jacobs & Co. ruined a very good team by misreading the circumstances of the 2004-05 lockout and willfully let a slew of fine players walk away for nothing.

Consider the eight seasons with Chiarelli and Julien running the show: an average of 103 points (including a pro-rated total for the abbreviated 2012-13 season), two conference titles, one Presidents’ Trophy, two trips to the Stanley Cup final and one Stanley Cup.

Ya think these guys would have much trouble finding new jobs?

Recall Jeremy Jacobs’ glowing praise of Chiarelli last September: “Peter’s the best in the business right now, and we’re relishing in his success.”

This was well after Chiarelli traded away Tyler Seguin, a deal that looks bad only if one does not understand that it was not a hockey trade but a decision to move on from an unprofessional adolescent whose extreme nightlife habits, it was feared, would lead him into serious trouble. Chiarelli critics will always harp on Seguin’s point totals, but the B’s made a hard decision based on real concerns, and people have to understand that.

Or consider what the billionaire owner had to say about Julien in September: “He’s been (coach) — how many years back? Eight years. He’s been the best. It’s been the best experience I’ve seen from the Bruins. I think he’s a terrific coach and we totally support him. He’s been here and he’ll be around for quite a while. I think he’s the maximum confidence I can show.”

By any straightforward metric — and this is a view shared by innumerable hockey people, players and agents, who’ve addressed the B’s situation — it would be grossly unfair and also kind of nuts for Chiarelli or Julien to be dismissed.

Of course, the calculus here maybe isn’t entirely straightforward. And it’s the X-factor variables that should frighten every real Bruins fan — factors that could lead to very irrational decisions.

To sum them up simply:

No. 1 — Neely, as competitive and fierce a player as the Bruins have ever had, has long hungered to have more direct involvement in on-ice hockey operations. The team president doesn’t necessarily make a great administrator, but he surely believes he’ll have the answers to fix this team.

If Neely installs, say, assistant general manager Don Sweeney as the new GM, he’ll have more influence than he could exert with the vastly more experienced Chiarelli in charge.

No. 2 — Well, this year Jeremy Jacobs anointed son Charlie as CEO of Delaware North’s Boston holdings. It’s fair to assume Charlie Jacobs sorely wants to prove himself worthy of his august new title.

On his first day on the job, the son tried to assert himself as the new boss, saying, “Without question this has been a very disappointing year. It’s unacceptable the way this team has performed given the amount of time, money and effort that’s been spent on this team, to see it deliver the way it has is unacceptable.”

When the B’s proceeded to go on a 7-1-1 run, Jacobs took credit, assuming their surge was in response to his words. Or, maybe, it was just that the team, as was the case a few times, had a short-lived uptick in its play.

Neely and Charlie Jacobs, each for his own reasons, may be happy to wave goodbye to Chiarelli. Well, if it happens, if you think this year was a mess, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.