Kocur TKO'd

Colorado Rockies GM Justin Livingston called a press conference this morning, presumably to announce the new coach of the Alaska Aces, after firing Stu Grimson yesterday. Instead, the GM announced they have also fired Joey Kocur as coach of the Rockies!

This move comes as a bit of a surprise, as Kocur has been with the team for a long time. He started out as the coach of the Aces many seasons ago and was promoted to coach the Rockies after several good seasons in Alaska, including a run to the PMHL finals in PMHL6, then the conference finals again in PMHL7.

In his 2.5 seasons with the Rockies, Kocur was never able to get the Rockies to crack the .500 mark. The Rockies surprised the entire PHL last season, making it to the conference finals where they eventually lost to the Leafs. That led to high expectations going into this season. Kocur and his team have experienced a huge setback, though, going just .384 though 43 games.

Joey Kocur was known to be a 'Players Coach', so it has yet to be seen how this will affect the team and their morale.

This Rockies franchise has never been able to get it together. There have been player changes and coaching changes... but never a change of GM... hmmm.

For the Colorado Complainer, this has been Nathan Livingston.