No, Jay Feaster should not be fired.
Maybe Greg Sherman will lose his job, though:
Great news! The Avalanche finally signed its top scorer, in the nick of time for the playoff push. Ryan "Factor" O'Reilly is back! So why did general manager Greg Sherman looked about as happy as if his pet goldfish just died? Maybe it was because Sherman's NHL career also got buried under the avalanche of a $10 million deal he never saw coming. How can he possibly survive as the Avs' GM after this blunder? "Sometimes," said Sherman, not smiling once during the five minutes he took to welcome O'Reilly back to the Avs, "the process takes a little longer than you would expect or would want." Let's be honest: Avalanche management wanted O'Reilly gone far away from Denver, with the team privately bad-mouthing the player and his family. Now the Avs are stuck with paying the popular 22-year-old center at least 40 percent more than a previous take-it-or-leave-it proposal, all because the Calgary Flames broke NHL etiquette and stuck Colo- rado with a hefty offer sheet. The bottom line: Dillydallying instead of closing a trade to bring a top four defenseman to Colorado in return for O'Reilly, the Avs let their payroll structure be set by a general manager in Calgary, of all people.
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