TSN Reports Dave Tippett fired
June 10th, 2009 by BradTSN reports that the Stars will or have fired head coach Dave Tippett.
Color me surprised, though maybe I shouldn’t be. I think Dave Tippett is an excellent coach, I think he squeezed every last ounce of effort out of these guys at various times in recent years. I don’t think it was his idea to get Sean Avery, I don’t think it was his idea for Brenden Morrow, Brad Richards, Sergei Zubov, Steve Ott, Jere Lehtinen and a host of others to miss significantly huge portions of the seasons last year. I don’t think it was his fault that the Stars didn’t bolster their blue line upon losing Norstrum, Boucher and Zubov. I think he got a lot out of the rookie and sophomore players on this team. I don’t think it was his fault that Marty Turco had a sub par year.
The special teams, you say? Yeah, you could pin that on him.
And yet so often in professional sports, the coach pays the price?
Even if it’s just that Nieuwendyk wants his own guy in there, and that’s completely fair, I think Dave Tippett did nothing but a great job and probably doesn’t deserve to get fired. Thems the breaks, I guess.
Not a lot of names come to mind on available, experienced, accomplished guys to compliment a veteran team like this one.
Those are some kneejerk thoughts. More as this story develops…
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