Bruce Cassidy is now 'interim' coach.
He was a complete disaster in Washington after he was hired to replace Ron Wilson.
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=857
Perhaps he changed his ways in his 8 years in Providence but I have my doubts.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...365-ad55-7e2534cf9c5a/?utm_term=.b5a7df2abfdd
He was a complete disaster in Washington after he was hired to replace Ron Wilson.
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=857
Perhaps he changed his ways in his 8 years in Providence but I have my doubts.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...365-ad55-7e2534cf9c5a/?utm_term=.b5a7df2abfdd
The frustration of losing and the lingering issues between the players and coach came to a head last Thursday in New Jersey, when Cassidy ripped the team after a 3-0 loss and made references to players not using pregnant wives and sick children as an excuse for poor play.
Many of the players have young children or wives about to give birth, while Kolzig has an autistic child and Witt's wife battled a life-threatening illness all of last season. Those remarks angered many players and, coupled with two more ugly defeats, marked the end of Cassidy's tenure. He apologized in a brief meeting with the team Saturday, but the die was cast.
"That was the final straw," one player said. "That [comment] really hit a lot of guys hard. You can't take that one back. Things had been bad for a long time, but that was the worst."