Something Squirrelly this Way Comes

The Canes fired head coach Peter Laviolette earlier this week. They rehired Paul Maurice; the head coach they fired in 2003. Umm, hello? Why? I know, I know, it's the third November in a row where we fell apart and I wasn't too surprised to hear about Coach Lavi. But Maurice?? What in the world??

Do yall not remember why you fired him in the first place? Or did you just want a change and he was the cheapest person with NHL head coaching experience out there? I think the only good thing about this 'shake up' is putting Ronnie (Francis) as the assistant coach.

Last night's game surely doesn't illustrate any difference. It's too early to see any change. Maurice has only just begun. Blah blah blah. IF the switch was to bring confidence back to the players, shouldn't that be something visible immediately? And people better not be blaming this on Ward (out with injury) or Leighton. It's a team effort.

Personally I think J.R. (GM of the Canes) has some issues. One of them being a personal beef with Laviolette, for whatever reason. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what Saturday & Sunday bring.

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