It was hard to fire BB when they kept winning league titles, I get that. I've also long believed ten years is a nice run, and then give someone else a shot. Over the last 15 months or so, the things that bothered me were getting run out of the rink repeatedly by CC and Omaha, and then seeming inferior to Mankato, whose roster was down to a few guys just two years ago, and Augie, who didn't even have a team two years ago. It just felt like they either needed different players or better coaching.
I've supported both Hak and Berry, who I think was truly the unluckiest guy. You can't make up the stuff that got in the way of some playoff runs. But I'm ready for a change.
Nobody knows who the right choice is now. Maybe our main thought about Dane in a few years will be that it was a shame he was stuck in the second chair for so long.