OTT No. 9, Part Two: Those Who Can't...Well, Can't in the NHL

See, told ya I’d get another one up! So this is Part Two of "On the Take No. 9," which is mostly about gaining respect. Tonight, I thought I’d give you my take on the coaching situation in the NHL. Let’s start with the uncalled for firings at the start of the season. I don’t say that because either coach was doing particularly well, I say uncalled for because of the way, the timeliness of the thing. Denis Savard. He’s a Blackhawk icon. And he led the Hawks to within three points of the playoffs last year. Everyone in Chicago seemed to expect too much of him this season. I thought, "Well, he should do well again with the players he has, and it’s not like the Chicago brass would change coaches in the first week, right?" Wrong, in this case. Four games in, the Hawks weren’t 4-0, and I guess that’s why management decided to, without warning, fire their head coach. Why else would you let your coach do his thing in preseason, training camp...then ... (link)