[Erick Estrada]

It's not like the Hawks are devoid of leadership all of a sudden. Mostly the same core and coaching staff that won multiple cups. Sometimes teams simply have off seasons which can be attributed by a combination of injuries, individual player slumps, locker room issues, coaching issues, etc. I do believe this team does need more of that "hate to lose" mentality and leadership is lacking but secondary scoring was never there all season and that's a management issue. Also the coaches made a lot of questionable decisions all season whether it came to player deployment or special teams, etc. The GM couldn't get rid of Brouwer and has created a roster that is pathetically weak on RW. I feel bad for any head coach that had pressure to make the playoffs and Ferland/Frolik to work with on his top two lines. The bottom line is that I don't disagree with most of what Francis said but this poor season isn't all on the players as this was a collective organizational poor season. It's the kind of season where you can make a case to fire everyone and that's not good.