The Los Angeles Kings are in an early-season tailspin and the fan base is losing patience with head coach John Stevens.
The Kings have dropped three straight and were embarrassed at home by the Islanders Thursday night.
“It was really disappointing,” Stevens told reporters following a 7-2 loss in which they allowed four unanswered third-period goals. “Totally, totally went to sleep, gave up a really easy short-handed goal there and just stopped playing.”
L.A. has dropped its past three games by a combined score of 16-4 and this latest loss to the Isles prompted one fan to create a website called FireStevens.com that asks one simple question: “Is John Stevens still coaching the Los Angeles Kings?”
There isn’t much to the website. The only user interaction available gives the option to “Click John Steven’s (sic) face to see him get angry!”
All that happens when you click his face is this…
One reddit user said of the website: “the low effort page design works perfectly here,” to which the creator wittily replied, “That was my intention.”
Stevens was hired as bench boss in April of 2017 and went 45-29-8 in his first season, but the Kings were swept by the Golden Knights in the first round after managing to score just three goals in four games.
Those goal-scoring woes have followed the Kings into the 2018-19 campaign as the team – one of the older, slower clubs in the league – is averaging just two goals per game through seven contests.
The Kings will look to snap their current losing streak Saturday afternoon against the Sabres.
Creating temporary novelty websites like the one above isn’t a new trend. In fact, earlier this week, a fan of another California-based pro sports team designed a similar website.
Oakland Raiders supporters are not liking how the team has fared under head coach Jon Gruden, who signed a 10-year, $100-million contract in January.
IsGrudenGoneYet.com, just like the Stevens website, asks users a question and provides them with the one-word answer.
It also tracks how much money Gruden has already made, how much time is left until his contract is set to expire, and displays a running total of how much money Gruden earns during the time you are on the webpage.
The Raiders are 1-5 and currently on their bye week.
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