According to this it was his losing record. Still awfully sudden.
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“Obviously with where we are in the standings, it just wasn’t working with Troy,” Giants general manager Scott Bonner, who is with the team on the road trip, said in a release. “This is the unfortunate part of sports, but we thought change was needed.”
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http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Va...188/story.html
Here's more. The poor attendance is telling.
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Vancouver coach Troy Ward mentioned repeatedly in the post-game about how much he liked his team’s effort and how he had a bunch of good kids in the dressing room. He seems to be right. They had lots of try Saturday. Lots of it. But they had trouble stringing two passes together. They had no puck support, no guy in the same colour jersey within a reasonable vicinity to dish to. Anything positive that happened for them offensively seemed to be by chance, rather than choice.
The puck possession that owner Ron Toigo and general manager Scott Bonner talked up in the off-season and Ward seemed to instill once he got here has vanished. Kaput. Gone.
Fans in Vancouver have also rapidly lost interest in the team. Two seasons ago, the Giants averaged more than 7,200 fans per game. Last year that declined to about 6,200 and through 14 games this season they're averaging just 4,879 at Pacific Coliseum.
For now, the Giants will turn to assistant coach Matt Erhart — who won the BCHL title as head coach of the Surrey Eagles in 2012-13 — to lead the team on an interim basis.
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https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/jr...010429680.html