Florida Panthers general manager Dale Tallon has shown that he’s capable of quick and decisive action. He has yet to show that he really understands what the problems are with his NHL team.
Tallon fired Kevin Dineen and two assistant coaches on Friday, announcing that head coach of the team's AHL affiliate in San Antonio, Peter Horachek, would take over, along with a pair of new assistants:
In an interview with The Fan 590, recorded yesterday, Tallon offered us a glimpse into his mindset when he complained that the team’s best players simply weren’t getting the job done:
The other thing is too, the guys that we’re counting on, the high-salaried guys that we have that helped us get to the playoffs two years ago, are not performing. So our better players are not playing, and I don’t understand why. It’s kind of frustrating to see that they were able to do it two years ago and last year, obviously, was an aberration with the injuries and the shortened season but this season there’s no excuse. That’s what’s really frustrating.
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Kevin Dineen Fired: Dale Tallon Is Ignoring the Florida Panthers’ Real Problems
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