Todd McLellan is a good coach, a good man and he'll find another job. For everyone's own good in San Jose, however, it's time for him and the Sharks to take their mutual leave.
Why fire a coach with one year left on his contract, one with a 311-163-66 record—all with the Sharks since 2008-09? Because hockey is an unfair business, most definitely for coaches. Only Claude Julien and Mike Babcock have more seniority among NHL coaches than McLellan.
But it's time.
The Sharks remain such an enigmatic franchise. All they do most every regular season, to adoring, sold-out crowds, is win. They have had had so many genuine gamers for players, ranging from Patrick Marleau to Joe Pavelski to Teemu Selanne to Joe Thornton. They are good stewards of the game for their league and their community.
It truly comes as a shock, therefore, that this team has never played for the Stanley Cup. Something just goes wrong every year at the wrong time. Unlike the last 11 years, though (not including the lockout year of 2004-05), the Sharks are not even in the playoffs.
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Should the San Jose Sharks Fire Coach Todd McLellan?
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