Did anybody really think Craig Berube was Fred Shero? Was Berube's first season an anomaly and the second a true measure of his ability? Best question of all: Now what? The Philadelphia Flyers' quest for greatne s changed course again Friday , his teammate for five years,a long-time organization man and coach most of the past two seasons, had been fired. MORE: | | | | So, what's next? CSN Philly raised one significant and interesting option: Dan Bylsma, former Pittsburgh Penguins coach and a Stanley Cup winner. If , there is no reason to wait. There were good reasons to make a coaching change, other than the simple fact the Flyers didn't make the playoffs under Berube. Speaking to media members , Hextall said: "In a nutshell, in the end I didnt feel like he got enough out of our group collectively." Hextall also said he wouldn't rush his decision. Philly hockey Anthony Davis Jersey scribes laid outthe particulars this week as warning signs appeared. Hextall's refusal to comment on Berube's future at his season-ending media conference spoke volumes, as if the writers and broadcasters hadn't already figured out that 2014-15 wasn't what the team hoped it would be. It was a step backward, observers agree, and not just because the Flyers slipped to 33-31-18 after a miserable start and never found traction. put it this way: No single factor was responsible for Berube's firing, yet one word summed up the season: inconsistency. offered a bill of plu ses and minuses that mentioned the Flyers' ability to play up to the level of better teams and their miserable record against le ser teams. There's that inconsistency again, including a boatload of overtime lo ses and going 0-5-7 down the stretch against bottom feeders while a playoff berth was at stake. NEED PLAYOFF TICKETS? Numbers alone don't show the whole picture of any coach's tenure. Injuries and talent figure as well. The judge and jury in the case against Berube was Hextall, wrapping up his first season as Flyers GM. Berube might have been right in believing the team was better than it played. Its a fine line between winning and losing. It really is," Berube told Panaccio. A lot of its mental. Its just a fine line. Injuries, different things that come up. Its a fine line. Theres good hockey players here, and a group of guys that believe in themselves and like each other and are hard workers. But a lot of it is the ability to get players to play to their level, help raise younger players' production and make changes to match opponents. In Hextall's judgment, the Flyers can do better than Berube. JaVale McGee Jersey