Panthers co-owner insists Gallant was offered ride following dismissal
Gerard Gallant was not stranded after being fired by the Florida Panthers on Sunday.
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That's what Panthers co-owner Doug Cifu maintains, at least, after a bevy of photos emerged of Gallant waiting for a taxi outside PNC Arena in Raleigh after being let go.
@jawsaholic @CruisingRay you really think we didn't offer to pay for a car? We bought an airline to fly the team...it was his choice guys.
— Doug Cifu (@Dougielarge) November 28, 2016
General manager - and now interim head coach - Tom Rowe added the following during a conference call Monday:
Rowe on Gallant at the curb: "We wanted to get Gerard away from the locker room. The optics, we handled as best we could given situation."
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) November 28, 2016
That's one mystery from Sunday's bizarre chain of events surrounding this team that can apparently be put to rest.