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A few things to remember
Before we go too nuts trying to run coaches out of town, lets remember a few things.
The Broncos got screwed. Politics caused Julius Honka to not return. Put Honka on our blueline and the season would have ended differently. Not Lamb's fault that happened.
Dillon Heatherington missing 20 games. Not Lamb's fault our best d-man got injured and wasn't able to return to form in time.
Josh Connolly not reporting. Lamb pulled off a great trade to get one of the leagues best offensive d-men to Swift, but he wanted to be closer to home and didn't report. Our top four d-men should have been Heatherington, Lernout, Honka and Connolly. Not Lamb's fault it wasn't.
How about an idiot GM in Lethbridge getting snowed in trades with Brandon? Brandon built it's team through 3 lop-sided trades with a Lethbridge GM that is now out of the league. Not Lamb's fault.
Let's also remember that under Lamb, we have had back to back World Junior gold medalists, will have back to back NHL 1st round picks. 4 players in the top prospect game over the past 2 years, 3 players sign pro deals this year and 1 league MVP two seasons ago.
Mark is a good coach. Swift Current isn't the easiest place to be a major junior coach. He's as good as we're going to get.
Unfortunately the board was stupid enough to give an extension before the season started, even after minimal on ice improvement, so no, they can't afford to run Lamb out of town.