Rick Bowness on future: 'If I'm back, we're changing this culture'
Rick Bowness gave no indication whether he'll return as Columbus Blue Jackets' coach but says a culture change is coming if he returns.
After watching the Blue Jackets sputter to a 3-9-1 finish, Rick Bowness stopped biting his tongue after a lackluster 2-1 dud against the Washington Capitals on April 14 at Nationwide Arena. More: Capitals down Blue Jackets for Ovechkin. Replay The coach who took over Jan.
12 for Dean Evason , a guy who probably knows how Bowness is feeling, boiled over in a postgame rant that topped just about anything you’ll find from bitter Blue Jackets fans online. It was 3:42 of straight fire, as Bowness spit truths like he’d just said, "Hold my beer," to anguished members of The 5th Line. “Should’ve done this about a month ago,” Bowness said, mid-rant.
“But this is why we are where we are. This is why we’re out of the playoffs … that kind of effort. Losing ...
you have to hate losing. I don’t care if it’s a meaningless game. I don’t … care.
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