In an effort to divert my attention from the bloody debacle that is the Ottawa Senators, I have been taking great joy in watching the even bigger debacle in Tampa Bay. Today it provided us all with another chapter.
The man, the legend, the mullet, Barry Melrose has been fired as coach of the Lightning.
Excuse me while I have a heart attack and die from such a shocking turn of events.
Yes the Hollywood big shots who thought they could just wander in, ignore all the NHL's general conventions about how to build a team, throw money at mediocre free agents, trade away their No. 1 defenseman and hire a coach who hadn't been in the league in over 10 years, have once again fallen flat on their faces.
Much like the many severed limbs in the endless Saw movies they churn out, the Tampa ownership has once again rid itself of another unnecessary appendage.
Recently, defenseman Matt Carle, only just acquired in the summer in the free agent free-for-all triggered by the new ownership group, was traded to the Flyers for Steve Eminger and Steve Downie.
The Lightning are mired in 13th place in the Eastern Conference (statistically behind even the abomination that is the Senators) and are not the juggernaut Tampa's Tinseltown tyrants envisioned when they promised to aggressively remake the team and abandon all generally accepted hockey logic in the process.
Replacing Melrose is the convicted felon Rick Tocchet, making one wonder how long it will be until we see Tocchet on the phone to his bookie before the shootout getting instructions to bench Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis in order to cover the spread.
They say it isn't nice to derive pleasure from the misfortune of others, but when that misfortune is not only hilarious but so easily foreseen, schadenfreude is most definitely in order.
7 comments Last one added 7 months ago — Leave a Comment
Derek Harmsworth 7 months ago
No surpise. But still kind of like 'wow, what a failure."
Anyways, speaking of failures, what's going on with the Senators Spence? Is there any way the Sens can right this thing, or has the Senators window to contend for the Cup closed?
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Spencer Callaghan 7 months ago
One failure at a time.
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Peter Tumbas 7 months ago
I was initially hurt by the news however in reading more I am being led to believe that Melrose didn't have a plan coming in and was generally unprepared. That's disappointing.
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Spencer Callaghan 7 months ago
Wow that's shocking, I never would have thought a coach who had been out of the league for over 10 years might be unprepared.
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Ronnybrook 7 months ago
I wonder if Melrose goes to Versus. Did ESPN let him out of his television contract?
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Rafal Ladysz 7 months ago
lol great title
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Jennifer Johnson 7 months ago
Who cares? Its Tampa Bay.
They won Lord Stanley's coveted cup on a down hockey year and its not exactly hockey weather there either.
Ice fishing is as foreign to Lightning fans as Sarah Palin's decision to go vegan is to deer hunters.
Just Kidding folks. She's still very much down with Caribou.
Oprah already tried that fad and she's back on the meat.
All business and the party just got whacked. See ya Barry.
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