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9 Comments - 1 Reply
jenm288
Jun 05 2008 00:07
WHAT!?
Ron Wilson is a terrible coach. I feel bad for anyone having to play under that D-bag. I’m not even a sharks fan, and I know he is a lame headcoach. He has no ability to motivate his players. Granted he does well in the regular season, but can we say CHOKKKEEE for any playoff games! Seriously! A team with so much young talent should not be losing to Dallas for goodness sake. It’s sad.
krazzymoose
May 14 2008 22:58
Remenda for coach
I totally agree It was a sad day to see wilson go, but alas us sharks fans must move on. So why not elect Drew Remenda as Head Coach?
follow link to sign petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/remenda/petition.html
Strawman64
May 14 2008 12:49
Rumours???
Your post is more than a day after it was announced he was fired. They’re not rumours pal – keep up!!
Coaches (or in Vancouver’s case, GMs) are most likely to take the fall for an underachieving team. Player changes work sometimes, but after several seasons of not getting deeper into the playoffs, eventually, it boils down to leadership. That’s the primary coach role. He didn’t get it done – simple as that.
ddoig
May 14 2008 01:29
Look at Detroit last season
They did well and lost first round . And they didn’t get rid of Babcock . Now look where they are?
I think they should have gave him at least one more year. Now they have to start from scratch.
SHIZZIL
YankeeDevil
May 14 2008 01:23
I think it's a mistake.
But we won’t know for sure one way or another until next season.IMO they need a few players that play defense consistantly.They have the big guns but the only real piece of armor is Nabby.He can’t do it all.I’m sure a change of attitude behind the bench will have an effect.I’m afraid it won’t be a lasting effect with out a few defensive addition to the line up.The best offense is a good defense rings truer than the reverse.
SharkChick23
May 14 2008 01:14
both
always both!
jlagin22
May 14 2008 01:11
Did you hear.
I guess he used sarcasm and criticism to try to get his players to play better. They said that he and Marleau didn’t talk for almost 6 months because of those issues. He just didn’t know how to treat his players well.
Einherjar16
May 14 2008 00:44
Agreed.
He did a wonderful job.
Sad to see him go.
But may be it’s time to move on and get some kinda spark to take the Sharks to the next level.
MisZGoalie
May 14 2008 00:36
ah
way wrong,its not the players