RD, a coaching change can do a lot for this team regardless of your disdain for the roster - top to bottom. Look at LA, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, to name a few who changed direction with a new voice at the helm. No doubt you'll prattle on about the embarrassment of riches those rosters have compared to the abject train wreck Gillis has created out of the golden goose he was handed by the Cheezeburglar. Here's an inconvenient truth for ya, Jack: This roster has Hart, Ross and Selke winners. Sure the supporting cast needs significant re-working but we're talking about the Sedins and Kesler, not Iginla and Kiprusoff.RoyalDude wrote:Getting rid of the coach solves nothing with this team. AV has to go, but to think that is the biggest problem is truly misguided. Still the same ole lame, passionless, heartless core group of players who cannot seem to build any chemistry between each other and ain't no new coach gonna make that better. Gillis gets a buy this year by firing AV, but once AV is gone, all the pressure will fall squarely on him now to right the ship, he's got no more excuses.
I'm convinced a big part of the problem with their performance is between their ears. A new voice who can re-motivate them and restore their confidence, while innovating new tactics may re-charge the offense. A new coach can make the team better, but I might as well rather than argue the point further with you.
Having said that, I agree that if this team flops with Gillis' first true new coaching hire, then it's Gillis' turn on the plank.