Blues fan here...
I had a discussion the other day with a few friends of mine concerning the Blues recent woes and told them I'd be surprised if Coach Q lasted the regular season. They chastised me for giving up saying that he's always been able to rally the troops in the past (except for in the playoffs). Unfortunately it looks like I was right. There was something about this recent slide that just didn't mirror the problems of the past. Watch the games, you could almost see the apathy on most of the players faces. Quenneville had lost the attention and direction of the team. It's not that the players lost respect for him, they just stopped listening.
So while I personally think Quenneville is a great coach and hate to see him go I do think it was the right move.
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