I know this isn't Rangers related, but the Tampa Bay Lightning have fired head coach Barry Melrose after only 16 games reports TSN.Here is Tampa's statement...
''This was a tough decision to make,'' Executive Vice President & General Manager Brian Lawton said. ''Barry is a good man and we have a great deal of respect for him. We wish him nothing but success. However, the results were unacceptable and the players have to understand that we need to be better. Hopefully this change helps push them."
Associate coach Rick Tocchet has been named interim head coach.
...thanks to reader fleisch for the heads-up.
...i know the Lightning have stumbled out of the gate (5-7-4) but you've got to give the guy more then 16 games.
...i wonder if Matt Barnaby is worrying about his job at ESPN right now.
2 comments:
What a joke! I never thought they should have hired him in the first place, but you gotta give the guy more than 16 games. It's not like they're 0-16.
Hopefully they hire Perry Pearn to replace him.
PP? Zing! That was pretty quick..they were what, 4th place when they fired him? DAMN. Guess he's back to sitting behind the desk...if NHL2NIGHT were still around you know those guys would goof on him so hard.
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