Purdy: Now it's time for the players to step up

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San Jose Sharks head coach Ron Wilson fired after four and a half seasons behind the bench, general manager Doug Wilson remaining in San Jose
Published 5/12/2008 by PJ Swenson (noreply@blogger.com) at Sharkspage
... would have another year to coax postseason success out of the Sharks. "You look at my record, it's second to none, literally, in the sport, so I'm not even worried about that," Wilson said. "I don't think there has to be too many things changed about our team. We're ready to roll next year, too. We've accomplished more since I've been here than any other team in the league except win the Stanley Cup. That's the next thing we check off on our list." [Update3] Now it's time for the players to step up - Mark Purdy for the San Jose Mercury ...

Hanta yo, Ron Wilson ... hanta yo
Published 5/13/2008 at Puck Daddy
... extra time to finish the exam; and that he likely only kept his job because of the automatic points he earned for spelling his name correctly. Finally, please recall that we mention this preposterous methodology for determining a coach's fate whenever the subject of Wilson's employment comes up; because, to paraphrase Beetlejuice's feelings on "The Exorcist," it keeps getting funnier every single time we read it. Mark Purdy of the Mercury News took his shot at a postmortem on Wilson's 4-and-a-half years in San Jose: ...

Wilson fired
Published 5/13/2008 by James Mirtle (noreply@blogger.com) at james mirtle
No surprise here, but the Sharks fired coach Ron Wilson earlier tonight. Here's San Jose Mercury News columnist Mark Purdy : The dismissal of Sharks coach Ron Wilson comes as no stunner. As a regular season coach, he was great — and I do not use that word lightly. But in three of his four playoff trips, the Sharks were defeated by a lower-seeded team. On the fourth occasion, the Sharks were leading higher-seed Detroit before everything fell apart. The franchise had to change the formula. Wilson was the most obvious move to make. ...