I think of a man who had a vision, doubted it and eventually panicked when he wasn't getting results. He stopped believing in the process and panicked to change course near the end. In his final days and I can't say the team had much "direction" in the end. He had to go. He just seemed confused and without answers in his final presser, and most importantly broken. A sign of a man who choked under the pressure of the market and let the "noise" impact his decisions.
But the potential replacement absolutely frightens me. This could all easily go to complete shit. It shouldn't.. there oughtta be a fuckton of qualified guys out there, but this is the NHL we're talking about. I don't have complete faith.