Barry Melrose Fires back at Lightning! blames Players!

[vonfauthproductions]

Players especially, young players get uppity.I have seen it happen in Saint Louis(Murry, Payne). Players lay down because they get paid. Its not the old days,if they get cut they aren't going back at the mill. tough to deal with, but that is why coaches get the same pay.

[tampacop]

Gimme a break. The previous coach was Torts. He wasn't a very forgiving coach to play under psychlogically.

[4lifeReagan]

I think he is a very smart coach and his brand of hockey is a winning brand but I guess the players just didn't like him personally.

[tylerdurdonxx]

What I wanna know is how in the fuck they thought Vrbata was going to score them 40 goals in a season???!!!! Shows just how dumb Melrose is.

[hockeycox07]

You can tell he's pissed as soon as he gets on camera.

[maroinmybones]

Ok, well in all fairness I never actually saw his whole speech. This actually gave me a little more respect for the man.

[6jefflittle]

I wouldn't play for you either. Brian Lawton, Len Barrie, Oren Koules and Barry Melrose walked in here and almost went completely Montreal Expos on this franchise. By the way "Mr. Hockey", do you still stand by your comments that "The Lightning don't have a chance? The Caps will sweep them"? Of course you can't. Your a horrible coach/player/analyst. Don't come back to Tampa ever, and take Mr. Hollywood "SAW" man with you and FUCK OFF. Go Bolts. Go Stevie Y, and go Jeffy V.

[mercuryverado100]

melrose sucks dick

[ZillaFitness]

Once again Melrose is right on the money.

[ThePgereffi]

That's why melrose is on tv and tortorella is back behind the bench!

[wolfjak]

dammit barry dammit

never even gave stamkos a chance.

you talk shit about stamkos' but you never gave him the opprotunity to prove you wrong

[jayduke4ever]

Franchise Boy #4 & speed midget #26 feel like they don't have to hit.

[goonsnak2k]

He went to the Stanley Cup Finals... just to see what it was like.

[amo652]

he should not be saying management said this and that.could effect future coaching jos

[barkleysound]

rafter his firing...the lightning went 19–33–14. rich tocchet didnt do any better.

[Rollie1961]

It was all Tom Shelton's fault.

[89Baldini]

Shouldn't have been axed so quick

[ChopperCity47]

his loss, come into a team acting like he is Herb Brooks. lightning loved tocch accept maybe lecavalier but he hates all his coaches lol

[everett26]

Man, if I was a pro hockey player...

I would LOVE to play for Barry Melrose...

He is a tough coach, but, he can bring the best out of any player, BUT, its the NHL.... Lots of pro players are lazy....

[wildbill562]

Lightning are improved in 2009 and seem to like playing for Rich Tochett.

[Chawks24]

I thought that everything that Melrose said was apt, and right on the money. Same old Barry, knows his stuff and always will. I agree Tampa's loss.

[deftonesrule311]

@Chawks24 so smart guy you agree with him not playing stamkos that much and you agree with him saying that "Stamkos should not be playing in the nhl right now" expess with him scoring 51 goals and tying the scoring title with crosby after and scoring 25 in his 18 year old rookie season after Melrose was fired? And if this guy is a so called "good" why aren't there any other teams in the nhl offering him a coaching job? If u know you are a total argnt dumbass and wrong just dont respond to this.

[Chawks24]

@deftonesrule311 LOL dude I posted this comment a year ago. You seriously bringing it up now? Stamkos became a great player in time like Melrose stated. You call me an IGNORANT but you dont even spell it right? It's IGNORANT not ARGNT. On top of that why the hostility? It is great you like Stamkos I do too, we are both hockey fans. I dont understand the point of attacking someone you dont know because they have a different view, especially on sports. Your right Im wrong, You win. I dont care.

[deftonesrule311]

@Chawks24 i didnt say you were ignorant... i said you were arrogant... and the reason why i spelt it like was because if i would have spelt out the whole word the message would not have sent because i would have typed over the character limit.....excuse me on that.

[tylerdurdonxx]

@Chawks24 everybody likes stamkos now. He's a hell of a player. But 3 years nobody would have guessed he would have become such a great player so fast.

[amo652]

@Chawks24 you dont critisize a organization in public ever no matter what! nobody wants someone like that in the organization.suck it up and move on.sheldon souray is in the minors for bashing the brass.

[4lifeReagan]

@Chawks24 I really think Barry Melrose was in a losing situation from the word go. Stamkos was going to be a very highly rated/impact player but it was going to take atleast a couple of seasons for thast player to realise that ability. They fired Melrose after the first how many games....20? He never goty a chance plain and simple!!!

[salliusgrode]

Tampa Sucks Arse! Always Will. They Wont Do It Again ANymore. St louis your cool but you suck ass. GO PANTHERS!

[GhostWalker38]

"GO PANTHERS!"????????

Did you really just type that??

Is it suppose to be a joke or something??

florida panthers...........ahahahahaha­hahaha

[kingback19]

all southern hockey is a joke, tampa included

[pillowpants2006]

cup in 2004

[ChopperCity47]

@kingback19 YOU KNOW WHAT SUCK MY DICK come to tampa and say that and get murked

[ilikedetroit]

@ChopperCity47 hahahahahahahahahaha youre gay as fuck come to tampa you fucking moron

[ChopperCity47]

@ilikedetroit Thanks for the GM mo town ; )

[pillowpants2006]

lol

[Deempie92]

This guy's accusing guys like Marty St. Louis, Gary Roberts and Mark Recchi not to have any passion or dedication to hockey.. It's not the players who made him move.. It's a lack of chemistry and fucked up trades by the ownership.. Dan Boyle for Matt Carle? Sure! Matt Carle for Downie 'n Eminger? Sure! WE'VE LOST DANNY BOYLE (a defenseman with 35 points halfway the season) FOR FUCKING STEVE 'CHEAPSHOT' DOWNIE AND A D-RATED DEFENSEMAN!

[kingback19]

he's not accusing anyone...he's just talking about his coaching style. granted, he might have been implying, but he didn't call anyone out per se

[pillowpants2006]

agreed , its too bad the lightning couldnt hold onto the players from 04 cup that was an awesome team

[seppuku893]

I think Barry was just telling it like it is. He holds himself responsible, players didn't want him there, Tampa is a mess of a team with all that talent.

[reynolddog]

So glad the management fixed the problem that should have NEVER happened.

[davethephoneguy]

BARRY IS THE MAN. Hold those accountable who screw up. I hope you coach again soon, very soon.

[PatrickSharp10]

Didn't see this one coming.

[macatron]

Tampa's loss.