That's correct.....and last summer the Rangers only signed him to a 1 year contract!
So they won't be on the hook for any money still owed him if he was let go!
He was probably signed for only one year because they suspected he wasn't up to snuff as a coach. Not
sure why Spott would gamble on Fixter in a "go for it" year while he's benching players for a very minor mistake.
Maybe Spott should've started calling out Fixter on the post game shows??
I don't have any reason to question McKenzie as a coach except for the fact he had no coaching experience prior to coming to the Rangers and, as I stated above, he is Bob's son. Yes, you have to start somewhere. But you would have thought in a "go for it" year, Spott would have at least had experienced people in important roles with he team. Geez! Fixter was an NHL video coach. Maybe he should have been given that role and then Spott could have hired an experienced replacement for Fixter behind the bench.
As far as the Fxter bashing goes, whether he is any good or not behind the bench, the bottom line is the buck stops at the boss. That's Spott. (Mike Milbury was a disaster as GM of the NYI. But the blame for him being in place for as long as he was goes to Charles Wang. Any other boss would have canned Milbury years earlier.)
Nobody is forcing Spott to keep him around. So if Fixter is as bad a coach as we keep hearing on these boards, then Spott should have done something about it before now - not sign him to a one year deal and switch him from running the D to running the forwards because the D underachieved last year. Hiding a problem makes no sense. Especially going into the "go for it" season.
Perhap Spott will not renew Fixter's contract this off season. If the reason is because of the performance of the D last year, and the offense this year, then Spott will have made that move a year too late.
Personnally, I am of the belief that no matter who is covering the defense or forwards, the head coach runs the whole show. To lay blame on Fixter because our PP sucks or we can't score 5 on 5 doesn't make sense. Spott has to get involved if the offense isn't up to snuff. If the offense continues to fatler, then I blame Spott. Period.