Sharks owner Hasso Plattner couldn’t fire the entire team, so he fired head coach Pete DeBoer on Wednesday.
After five straight losses and amid a season where expectations were high, talent was ample, and disappointment has far outweighed success, the move was necessary.
The Sharks problems aren’t completely tied to DeBoer, who coached the team for four-plus seasons — far from it — but he was not providing any solutions to the issues this team — which still fancies itself a Stanley Cup contender — was facing, so he needed to be the first to go.
The Sharks real issue is that they have the worst goaltending tandem in the NHL in Martin Jones and Aaron Dell.