Tampa Sabotage

Barry Melrose: “I hope Tampa Bay doesn't win a game in the next year. I had guys in Tampa who wanted to run the team and I wouldn't let them. I was hired to coach and I coached. I wasn't playing the right guys. I was playing certain guys too much, I wasn't playing other guys enough. Every day was a constant battle. Finally the guys in charge decided they wanted to coach and they got rid of me. That's what it comes down to. It obviously wasn't a hockey decision, because it's not like they've set the world on fire since they got rid of me. Now they've got guys in charge that let them do what they want and obviously that isn't working out very well either.”