The Hockey News Weighs In On Nolan’s Departure
July 14th, 2008 by Tom
Mike Brophy of The Hockey News might be right on when he speculates about why Ted Nolan is no longer coaching the New York Islanders:
Read between the lines, however, and this is the more likely accurate scenario: Excellent coach sick and tired of trying to make chicken doo-doo into chicken salad. My guess is Nolan took a look at the Islanders’ roster and decided to conjure up a few philosophical differences to get his butt out of town.
And he adds a little cold hard truth:
The Islanders have become the team veteran players with nowhere else to play sign with. At the rate they are going, it will be years before they become a contender.
Read the rest of Brophy’s take here. Ugh. I’m so disgusted with this team right now.
