Avery Takes Blame for Struggles in Dallas

Larry Brooks at the New York Post was able to talk with Sean Avery about what went wrong during his short tenure with the Dallas Stars a day before the Rangers visit Dallas...

"I have to take the major portion of the responsibility for what happened in Dallas," Avery told The Post on Wednesday. "They gave me a contract to come there and help the team win and when I got there, I didn't adjust.

"I didn't adjust to the conditions. I didn't adjust to Texas as a whole, I didn't adjust to the team, and when I say the team, I don't mean the organization, I mean some of the guys in the room.

"I'm responsible 100 percent for that; 100 percent."

...plenty of blame to go around with the Avery/Stars fiasco. I lost a lot of respect for Madono and Turco who both never gave Avery a chance and left him out to dry.

...although without Avery's tenure in Dallas we would never have had 'sloppy seconds.'

...this is a very mature interview from Avery. Good for him being the bigger man.

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