On the verge of bringing in a new full-time general manager, the Sharks made sweeping and abrupt changes to their coaching staff, firing Bob Boughner as head coach and John MacLean, John Madden, and Dan Darrow as assistants.
The moves, which interim GM Joe Will said came after an exhaustive review, were made Thursday night and announced Friday morning — more than two months after the end of the regular season.
“Often these decisions are made immediately after the season. We weren’t prepared (to do) that,” Will said. “This coaching staff deserved to be in consideration moving forward and they truly have been all the way into here until this decision was made (Thursday).”
