Joined: Jan. 2018
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With the Hawks playing the Panthers tonight, I want to get something off my chest. A few weeks ago I went to a Blackhawks game and at the start of it when they announced Jeremy Colliton's name, the whole crowd booed, including myself. However after the noise died down I began to feel sorry for the dude. Before that game I didn't give it one thought about it. I hated the fact that he was brought in and Quenneville was left packing his bags. Now I give Colliton a lot of crap, some of which may be a bit called for, but a large majority of it was not. He gets a ton of crap from the fans for something that wasn't even his fault. Bowman has been sniping at Coach Q for quite a while and the season prior was just the reason Bowman needed to fire him. Colliton was just the guy who jumped at the chance to be the head coach of an NHL team. Let;s face it, if we were in his situation we probably make the same situation. Personally I don't like Colliton, I think the main reason he got his position was because he probably is buddies with Bowman, an not really happy with how he performs as a coach and I really just don't respect him. However that could change over time. Do I think he could be better than Quenneville, no I don't think so, but I do believe that he doesn't deserve the hate as he gets.