He added, "We would have changed coaches".
Since Pat Burns stepped down in July 2005 because he had cancer, Lamoriello has changed coaches nine times.
Since 2010, 25 of the N.B.A.'s 30 teams have changed coaches at least once.
In always trying to be even better, he has changed coaches before.
Lazio has changed coaches after two games without a point in the Champions League.
It has changed coaches six times — once because of a death — and had nine athletic directors, including interims.
The Cowboys' performance in that game convinced Les Carpenter of Yahoo.com they should have changed coaches a long time ago.
The French soccer team, which has changed coaches twice, changed its hierarchy and changed much of its team, is on top of the group that Spain needs to win to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
The former world No 1, who has changed coaches on a regular basis, says she has no immediate plans to appoint a replacement and is travelling instead with a hitting partner and fitness trainer.
Since David Kahn became the president of basketball operations in May 2009, the Timberwolves have changed coaches twice and lost 132 games, more than any other team in the league, mainly because of awful defense.
