Todd Richards Fired As Head Coach Of Minnesota Wild

It’s pretty simple to understand the move. In two seasons as head coach, Richards failed to get the team over the hump and into the postseason. In a market like Minnesota that’s starving for playoff hockey, that’s simply not going to cut it, even if the problems go much deeper and much higher in the organization.

It’d be unfair to say that Richards had all the pieces he needed to get the Wild to the postseason, and thus it’d be unfair to put the blame completely on his shoulders. As coach, though, you always get the short end of the stick. As he said after Sunday’s game, via the Star-Tribune: