Silcott surprised by his firing

May 22nd, 2008 by Bob Chavez

Our own Ty Pilson let us know about Kurt Silcott’s firing late Tuesday night, and Kurt was just was surprised as everyone else.

Sure, the Calgary Roughnecks made the National Lacrosse League playoffs but the expectations were oh so much greater and bigger. Thing is, it’s not too difficult to see why the season didn’t pan out as planned. Concussions to gunner Tracey Kelusky and goalie Steve Dietrich kept them on the shelf for a period of time, but their return, along with the trade of Lewis Ratcliff to bring in Josh Sanderson seemed to get the Riggers on track. They won four of their final five games and beat Colorado in the first round of the playoffs before losing to Portland in the West final. Apparently, though, the decision was based on more than the win-loss record, according to the Calgary Herald.

“I don’t have good reasons for why this happened,” Silcott told the Calgary Sun. “I think this is a catastrophic move on their part.”

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Chavez is an avid lacrosse player in Rochester and a journalist for the Democrat and Chronicle as well as a longtime Inside Lacrosse contributor. Email him at bob.chavez@nllinsider.com or go to RochesterSports.com.

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