I'm off the computer ONE day

The world explodes.

Go figure.

Go on any Avs-related site and they'll have already reported the following:

Tony Granato fired
Jeff Hackett fired
Jacques Cloutier fired
Michael Goulet fired

Greg Sherman promoted to GM
Craig Billington promoted to Assistant GM
Eric Lacroix is the new Director of Hockey Operations

Joe Sacco hired as Coach.


Thoughts on all of this, probably not until much later.

First instinct: Crap.

Happy they wanted to start fresh, but then why hire Sacco, the coach of the Monsters?

Were the Monsters that good?
No.

Is Sacco some proven coach?
No.

Was no other outside candidate interested?
No way of knowing.

Is this Pierre Lacroix's doing?
Yes.

Greg Sherman=Figurehead.