I don;t know why I say goodbye, I say hello.

Woke up this morning in North Carolina to the news that Bruce Boudreau had been fired. This of course was no surprise to the household. My husband had spent multiple conversations during the weekend with both sides of the family suspected the same thing.  Not that he knew anything at the time, to him it was still business as usual. He would come into work on Tuesday, pull his hours before he headed to Verizon Center for the evenings game. Yes to him everything was just business as usual.

Until this morning that is. The moment it was announced, his phone started blowing up. So much for a vacation day. He spent several hours on twitter, on facebook on any random site making sure everything was just right. And then came the phone calls from various family members. All of whom expected Andy to have known about this. They were sure he had known for a couple of days now and just didn't want to give up such classified information.

But here is the thing, just because my husband works for the team doesn't mean he knows about everything. Especially not when it is behind closed doors. And so he disappointed some in admitting that he didn't know anything about them, and that he in fact had nothing more to add to the news.

And tomorrow would be business as usual. The only thing that would change would be the name of the head coach.

We talked a lot about the whole coaching thing on our five hour drive home.  We knew it was coming, this firing of the coach. After all someone had to take the fall, and it usually is the coach. So this did not surprise us. Is it the right thing? I don't know. I think team is loaded word, its a word that means more than one. Which means, the problem with the Caps-if there is such-is not soley in the hands of one person. Ovi needs to step up, Semin needs to step up. They all need to step up. Will this help our team which seems to have fallen so quickly off the wagon. Probably. But it will remain to be seen just how long this change will be effective.

And one can only hope it will be through the playoffs. Even without Bruce. Who I liked a lot. I thought he was a fabulous coach. He did a lot for the team. The team probably wouldn't be were it was today had it not been for him. I am probably the only one that thinks so. 

But a new phase has begun. One that brings in an old familiar face to the organization. Dale Hunter, and from this Caps fan, may he have all the success in the world. And if he brings home the Cup, that's even better.