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Au revior Mullet, we hardly knew you this time around.

Or, if you prefer--And I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling owners!

i think this team will suffer from its meddling owners. who knows Melrose could've done better in a different enviroment

You kinda got the sense that he wouldn't make it through the full season when it was announced he would be hired

I said back on T&R when they hired him that he'd never make the all star break.....but didn't think it would be this quick. On the bright side..the owners of this team will drive it so far down maybe the midget will move them to a REAL hockey city........nahhhh cuz that would make sense...and we all know the midget has no sense

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Originally posted 10:07 AM ET  11.15 by mhwings

I said back on T&R when they hired him that he'd never make the all star break.....but didn't think it would be this quick. On the bright side..the owners of this team will drive it so far down maybe the midget will move them to a REAL hockey city........nahhhh cuz that would make sense...and we all know the midget has no sense

Please do not ever use the word "sense" and the Poison Dwarf in the samw sentence again. ;)

*same

Melrose is a legend in his own mind. His old stale style of thinking doesn't work in this era. It was a rediculous hire in the first place. Anyone who watched him on ESPN knew that. Giving up that cush job in the first place, should have told you all you need to know about his decision making.

So, could you say the Lightning are taking a "gamble" with Tocchet.

I don't get it. Honestly, 16 games into the season? Give the players some time to respond to him. It's not like they're 0-16 either. Sure they aren't playing well, but you could fire half of the coaches in the NHL just because their teams aren't playing well. Can't wait to see him back on ESPN.

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Originally posted 12:44 PM ET  11.15 by DurkDiggler

So, could you say the Lightning are taking a "gamble" with Tocchet.

Ba dum dum dum tsssh! Thank you boys!

No one can coach that team to win. The owners are hyped up because they feel they are hockey geniuses. They have Rechi and Olie, two players well passed their prime. Malone, that was a good role player that will never be a 30+ goal scorer and that poor rookie that those morons were hyping to be a Crosby or AO. Expect to see alot of dysfunction until the owners bring in some that actually has some hockey sense.

he sucks as a coach and sucks has a analyst

Tampa was wrong for firing Torts IMO. He lead them to a Cup!

Melrose didn't have much to work with D-wise. If Malik can help your D that says enough right there. They have a new goaltender in the making also. He definitely didn't get along with the players; you could even see it on the bench during the games. One game, when St Louis scored his second goal and got out of a drought and was all excited he kept trying to get him to sit down. PAT HIM ON THE BACK AND TRY AND BREATHE SOME LIFE INTO THE TEAM INSTEAD OF BEING A DEPRESSING PUNK!

Aside from limiting icetime for young stars like Vinny LC and St Louis, he just didn't get along with his players.

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Originally posted 02:47 PM ET  11.15 by OtherOne81

Tampa was wrong for firing Torts IMO. He lead them to a Cup!Melrose didn't have much to work with D-wise. If Malik can help your D that says enough right there. They have a new goaltender in the making also. He definitely didn't get along with the players; you could even see it on the bench during the games. One game, when St Louis scored his second goal and got out of a drought and was all excited he kept trying to get him to sit down. PAT HIM ON THE BACK AND TRY AND BREATHE SOME LIFE INTO THE TEAM INSTEAD OF BEING A DEPRESSING PUNK!Aside from limiting icetime for young stars like Vinny LC and St Louis, he just didn't get along with his players.

Agreed, they never should hace fired Torts.

*have

I don't know what to think of this. It's pretty obvious, though, that he should have been an assistant for a year or two before being allowed back in as a head coach. All the same, it's not like the team was 0-16-0. They were just a couple of games under .500. Apparently these guys forgot that they had the #1 overall pick in the draft this past June.

I called it! I called it!

i guess espn isn't all powerful after all

First of all these Owners are the New Yankees of the sport, they fire people quicker then watching the economy drops. Also this is not Melrose fault they signed all those free agents and acquired all those players before Melrose came in. What if those players didnt fit in Melrose system? The owners did not take that in consideration.

Tort should come back(No chance in h*ll.)

Well Tocchet at least knew the over and under of Melrose being fired.