Mooh, I can relate to your situation. I have been a die hard Wing fan all my life. When Ned Harkness came in the picture and destroyed the team I was heart broken but never tossed in the towel.
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Ned Harkness (born September 19, 1921 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) was a successful NCAA head coach of ice hockey and lacrosse at Cornell University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and of ice hockey at Union College. Harkness was also head coach of the Detroit Red Wings and later was the team's general manager. He was inducted into the Lake Placid Hall of Fame in 1993, the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2001 and into the RPI Hockey Ring of Honor in 2007.

Great credentials but.......Ah let it be I guess. Still, he destroyed the team.