Coach Q staying- and unless Stan Bowman gets his head together, he needs to go!

Despite rumors that he would be going to the Montreal Canadiens, Coach Q is staying with the Hawks.

For which, huzzah!

"I love this organization," says the first coach since Rudy Pilous to lead the Warriors of the Four Feathers to Lord Stanley's mug.

Speaking of which, somebody needs to give Stan Bowman a good, swift kick in order to bring him back to reality. The Hawks, as presently constituted, are not a Stanley Cup contender, and haven't been since 2010.

They need more talent. Urgently. The GM's apparent conviction to the contrary is more than worrisome; it will prevent them from becoming more than a middle-of-the-pack playoff team they actually are, no matter what Bowman thinks. The 2010 Stanley Cup champion is history. Bowman needs to start living in the present- and getting some size around the opponent's goal, some help on special teams, and maybe another defensive defenseman, while keeping a wary eye on Crow between the pipes.

This is beginning, in fact, to feel disturbingly like the clueless "Dollar Bill"/Bob Pulford era. If Stan Bowman doesn't make some major moves during this off-season, he should be fired and replaced with somebody who knows hockey better than he does.