The Colorado Avalanche fandom has had enough time to get some distance that shocked us last Thursday, the resignation of head coach and vice president of hockey operations, Patrick Roy.
Acknowledged: Patrick Roy is sure of himself to the point of arrogance — I doubt the man himself would balk at that characterization.
Acknowledged: I am a big supporter of Patrick Roy’s.
Take a moment to get past those two prejudices. I acknowledge them, so let’s move on.
Looking across Avs Nation, from BSN Avalanche to Mile High Hockey to Twitter to Facebook to my own friends, I see a lot of the same lament — head coach Patrick Roy quit the Colorado Avalanche because he didn’t get his way.