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Originally Posted by Jason14h
And do you really think Florida and Colorado are 'Mailing it in'? Maybe they are just at the bottom because, hmmm, they suck?
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The Avalanche could have fired their head coach months ago when it was apparent the team quit playing for him (heck the backup goaltender looks to have more of a grip on the team that's how far gone Sacco is). In hopes of turning around the season much like the Sabres who went from 2nd last overall to two points out of the playoffs after firing their coach. Instead they only brought back ROR when their hand was forced and they never fired their coach. I believe this franchise mailed it in months ago.
Warrener said on the fan that he's talked to some Panthers and that the vets don't like Dineen's coaching methods. Now I'm not saying he should have been fired like Sacco but it seems that things have been wrong with that team since day one and were never attempted corrections. I feel this is partially a bad team and partially a GM who has experience in rebuilding through top draft picks going back to the well.
It's rarely the players that are the ones mailing things in. It's usually done from above much like how Darren Dreger said on the Flames telecast.