An Open Letter To Bryan Murray: What Part Of "FIRE PADDOCK" Did You Not Understand?

Dear Bryan,

Please come back. Seriously. Get your ass behind that bench. I can't take it anymore. Not to put too fine a point on it, but John Paddock is an arrogant prick who can't be trusted with directing an Atom team through a weekend tournament, let alone an NHL team to a Cup final. And make no mistake, we are expecting nothing less.

We've just lost 4-2 to the Leafs. The Leafs!! Our lead in the division is down to three points. The Habs play tomorrow. We play them twice in the next seven days. We keep this up, and we're looking up at Montreal by this time next week, fourth in the conference, fighting for home ice in the first round.

He's lost the room, Bryan. You know that. Hell, I saw a shot of you tonight on HNIC that proved it, head buried in your hands, face looking like a sunburned shrimp it was so red. They aren't skating, they aren't hitting, they don't know what the hell they're supposed to be doing. The defence is as bad as it has been since the expansion years. I know you weren't here for that, but it wasn't a whole lot of fun, let me assure you.

So, to recap: He can't convince anybody not named "Alfredsson" or "Heatly" to score, his bench management is atrocious, he can't show our guys how to stop the other team from scoring, and he's single handedly destroyed both of our goalies. How much more do you need to see Bryan?

In case you don't quite grasp my point here, FIRE THE FUCKING COACH, BRYAN!!