CHICAGO -- New Florida coach Tom Rowe met with captain Derek MacKenzie and the rest of the?Panthers leadership on Monday. He talked to the whole team on Tuesday.Rowe knows Gerard Gallant is well-liked in Floridas locker room, and Rowe wanted to be as transparent as possible on why the coach was let go just 22 games into the season.I came in and I told them, I said Listen, were not going to change a whole lot. We need to tweak a few things, Rowe said.But if I came in here and wasnt sensitive to that, it just wouldnt work. I love our room. I love our leadership group, and weve got the right guys to help us get going.The good news for Rowe is the Panthers dont have to travel very far. They were on the fringe of the Eastern Conference playoff race heading into their first game since Gallant was fired.We all feel very responsible for whats going on, MacKenzie said before Tuesdays matchup with the?Chicago Blackhawks.Quite frankly, our performance to this point hasnt been good enough. Unfortunately, you know, Gerard was the end result of that.The message has been sent and we need to be better, MacKenzie continued, and we will be, starting tonight.Gallant was believed to be the right guy for Florida after he coached the Panthers to a franchise-record 103 points and the Atlantic Division title last season.He got a contract extension in January that runs through the 2018-19 season, and then-general manager Dale Tallon called him an ideal fit for our group.Not so much anymore. At least from the perspective of Floridas front office.The Panthers dropped to 11-10-1 when they blew a 2-0 lead in a 3-2 loss at Carolina on Sunday night, and that was it for Gallant. The players were informed of Gallants dismissal, and the coachs luggage was taken off the team bus that was headed to the airport in Raleigh, North Carolina. Assistant coach Mike Kelly also was fired.They were pretty blunt, center Vincent Trocheck said. Made a coaching change, that was it.Gallant?then departed the arena in a taxi, drawing criticism from some of the teams fans.It was bad the way it all happened, unfortunately, said Rowe, who was promoted to general manager in May in a front-office shakeup that elevated Tallon to president of hockey operations.It didnt look good, but Ill tell you right now, we respect him and like him, and Gerard and I had a good relationship.The Panthers ownership and other team officials rely heavily on advanced statistics, and Gallant -- who played parts of 11 seasons in the NHL, mostly with the?Detroit Red Wings?-- was not the biggest fan of analytics.But Rowe, who returns to the bench on an interim basis, made it sound as if he was only planning small changes, beginning with Floridas defensive zone coverage.Really big believer in the D-zone being more area than man-on-man, he said.Rowe coached Floridas AHL affiliates in Portland and San Antonio before moving into the Panthers front office. He also served as an assistant with the?Hurricanes?from 2008-11.Hes hard-nosed, old-school kind of guy, said Trocheck, who played for Rowe in the minors. He gets the most of his players by getting them to work hard, make sure everybodys playing the right way.But Trocheck, who liked a handful of pro-Gallant messages on Twitter after the coach was dismissed, said he didnt think coaching was the reason for Floridas disappointing start.Its just a matter of us kind of pulling it together, Trocheck said. Got to come together as a group and realize that we havent been playing our best hockey and we have a lot more to go. Orange Cheap Running Shoes . -- Washington Redskins tight end Fred Davis was charged Thursday with driving while intoxicated, a day after he was suspended for an NFL substance-abuse policy violation. Blue Running Shoes . Dusautoir, the former World Player of the Year, sustained a torn bicep playing for Toulouse in the Heineken Cup on Saturday. 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England vs Fiji November 19, 2016, 2:00pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass World player of the year nominee Vunipola, who forced Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth to withdraw from Englands 37-21 victory over South Africa at the weekend following a clash of heads, will be unable to train on Monday or Tuesday. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price A Rugby Football Union spokesman was unable to clarify the nature of the injury except to describe it as a knock - but it places a question mark over his availability for the second autumn international. If Vunipola fails to prove his fitness in time for Saturday, then Nathan Hughes will start at number eight in what would be his full debut after he won his first cap off the bench against South Africa. Billy Vunipola praised his England team-mates for their performance against South Africa on Saturday Bath second row Attwood is definitely out of the match at Twickenham on Saturday, live on Sky Sports 2, after injuring a knee in the win over South Africa and will return to his club having received treatment at the squads Surrey training base.ddddddddddddEngland have opted against drafting Josh Beaumont into the squad as cover for Attwood and will instead rely on Charlie Ewels, who is already with the team. Dave Attwood has been ruled out for England England forwards coach, Steve Borthwick, said: Weve got a few bumps and bruises from Saturday.Dave Attwood is having his knee treated. Hes having an injection on his knee and is then returning to Bath, so is unavailable.Eddie Jones has led England to 10 wins from 10 since he was appointed head coach but Borthwick has warned it will not be easy to make it 11 from 11 against Fiji this weekend. Highlights of Englands 37-21 win over South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday Whatever anyone else says doesnt really matter. We are concentrating on ensuring our performance improves. That is the quality of our preparation; our tactical preparation, our physical preparation, our mental preparation, and helping our players improve, he told Sky Sports News HQ.This is my role as a coach, helping our players improve so they are better players this week than they were last week. Thats the aim so, whatever anyone else says, we are concentrating on improving and making sure we produce the best 80 minutes we possibly can.Upgrade to Sky Sports now to watch Man Utd v Arsenal this Saturday and get the first six months half price! 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