Aside from not making the playoffs during his tenure and that 20/20 hindsight of a colossal waste of a trade known as Phil Kessel, let's just allow these words to properly show exactly wtf went down (or didn't go down I should say): "We require, as a team, proper levels of pugnacity, testosterone, truculence and belligerence. That's how our teams play," Burke said. "I make no apologies for that. Our teams play a North American game. We're throwbacks. It's black-and-blue hockey. It's going to be more physical hockey here than people are used to." Everyone is going crazy because of the timing but if you look at it in it's simplest form this is a hockey move and one that shouldn't confuse anyone. He deserved to be fired.