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I’m not sure this is a good idea, but it was announced this afternoon that the Columbus Blue Jackets have fired coach Ken Hitchcock. Last year Hitchcock was the first coach to lead the Blue Jackets to the playoffs.
My only guess is that the Jackets have been getting blown out in some of their recent games. The players may have tuned Hitchcock out and general manager Scott Howson felt like he had to make a change.
One player who did not tune Hitchcock out appears to be captain Rick Nash.
“It’s terrible news,” Jackets captain Rick Nash said. “It’s terrible news, it’s terrible we couldn’t play better, and the coach had to be fired. Hitch put this market on the map. We didn’t really have an identity before he got here.”
Based on the results of last season, the Jackets most successful, I believe he should have been given another year to try and turn it around.
Agreed he probably should have been given another year, but unfourtanetly that isnt how professional sports operate anymore.