Fire Ron Wilson – Now!
by admin on Jan.27, 2011, under SPORTS
Looks like another Leaf season is going to wither on the vine. While I am not blind to this team’s deficiencies – I do think they are underachieving. With the talent on the ice they should be 10-12 pts. better than they are and fighting for a play-off spot.
For this reason, I thought they should have fired Wilson 25 games ago. Now, they’re too buried in the standings to make a run. That would probably make some say there is no point in firing the coach at this point in the season. Usually I would agree – but not with the caustic Wilson leading this team. Keeping him on for the rest of the season would be a big mistake.
Wilson’s negative attitude is no fit for a young Leaf club. He’s killed the confidence of Kadri and now Gustavsson. Wilson continually calls out his young players for poor play. All this has done is ice a team that looks uptight and plays not to lose -which is a sure fire way not to win.
Wilson is a good coach – his record and time in the game prove this. He is just the wrong coach at the wrong time for the Leafs. An interim guy who can rebuild the confidence of the team is needed right away.
For anyone still following this team, firing Wilson can’t come soon enough.
