We have to have empathy for the millionaire coach who is appalling at his job (and every NHL job he's had in his career)??
Lmao. Yeah ok. f*** him.
Wholesale changes please.
This is one of the more callous things I've said on this board (and I don't think it's even that callous) because I actually do have empathy and to a fault in my personal life. I'm always worried about hurting people. I try to do things without hurting people or making them feel bad. I never wanna get one over on somebody that I think doesn't deserve it, but I am somewhat vengeful with people I do feel deserve it.
Anyway, for the most callous thing I've ever said on this board. I always hear stuff like ''You never feel good for a guy who loses his job. It's always hard to see a guy lose his job'' when it comes to sports coaches/management people. I don't treat them like an ordinary average guy that loses his job, at least not in most circumstances. Because when that guy gets fired, if he's under contract beyond that year? He's still getting PAID. When you and I get fired we're probably not getting paid, because we don't have a contract.
And even in the cases that they aren't under contract for next year, Travis Green will probably have no issue finding an assistant coaching job in the league this offseason, and that's assuming that he's not under contract for next year and only got a one year deal.
Ryan McGill can probably find another NHL assistant coach job this offseason.
Chris Taylor? Probably gonna have a harder time than the other 2 guys, but he'll probably be able to work somewhere, even if it's just the AHL, where he worked for a long time.
Rogalski? Well, he's probably not getting an NHL goalie coaching job next year (it can't be ruled out though), but I'm sure he'd be hired to work for some team in a lesser role, like as a goalie development coach or whatever. Which is what I think he did in St. Louis before we brought him here.
I feel bad for them, but only in the case that there's a certain humiliation that comes with being fired when you're a pro sports coach and I probably feel a little empathy if they need to uproot their families, the same way I would for a player that's been traded or put on waivers and claimed by somebody else.
But I don't have the same kind of empathy for them as I do most anyone else. And it's not because they're millionaires, but because they're either usually still under contract and not losing their pay immediately, or because it's easy for most of them to get another job in the industry. Even if it's a lesser position and lower paying.
