Thanks man, I've quickly realized this myself. Was under some pressure from the board and firing Willie seemed to save my ass.
Only problem I am having is my lack of scoring, I signed Steven Stamkos in the off-season after he lead the league in points and goals, now he is very much under scoring on my team while playing 1st line and 1st pp mins with other high quality players. I have messed around with the tactics to try and fix this but to no avail. any tips on what I need to do to get my guys scoring on a comparable rate with the rest of the league's players?