As the Rangers continue to slump Renny is fired

The Rangers have lost 10 of their last 12 games and things did not appear to be getting any better. They have looked flat and played with little to no inspiration in their last several games. The mental lapses have been obvious with the too many men on the ice penalties and unforced give aways in their own zone (thank you Wade Redden). Two legends were honored at MSG Sunday night and what did the Rangers do to show their respect to these greats? They played a game devoid of any inspiration and desire to win and lost to one of the worst teams in the league.
The look of Tom Renny's face after the game summed up alot of what the team had been going through. It was a look that showed utter disappointment and a loss for ideas on how to improve the team. The Rangers had to do something, they could have made a major deal before the approaching deadline but they opted to fire head coach Tom Renny. I can see why they would do this because I feel it is a coaches job to inspire a team to some extent which Renny did very little of. A lot of the responsibility is on the players to motivate themselves but a large part of a coach's job is to provide that little bit of extra motivation that I don't feel Renny was providing any more.
The Rangers now turn to head coach John Tortorella to turn the season around. I see him as having a much fiery personality as compared to Renny who also appeared calm and lackadaisical at some points. The first thing that the new coach has to do is get on the good side of some of the core verteran players namely; Drury, Gomez, and Redden. These are the players with the most time remaining on their contracts
The thing that frustrated me the most about this Ranger team before today was the fact that they are a team that makes the playoffs every year but does not have the ability to leave the seccond round. The playoff appearances give management the idea that the team does not need an overhaul (although they did get rid of Shanahan and Jagr this past off season, man I would like Jagr-esque player on the team right now, maybe we would have a player on our team with over 18 goals).
So the big question; Will the Rangers dumping of Renny help to improve the team? I say yes based on how Tortorella is known as a coach who has a more offensive system compared to the defensive minded Renny approach. With the Rangers lack of a dominant goal scorer they need to center their system more on offense to get every goal they really need. They also have a premier goaltender so they can let up on the D to some extent and still be safe. The Rangers need more then a coaching change though, this is a good first step but there are other changes needed that I will go further into in future blog posts.