{"id":554097,"date":"2026-04-16T21:45:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/554097\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:45:32","slug":"columbus-blue-jackets-coach-rick-bowness-re-signed-after-rant-see-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/554097\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Blue Jackets coach Rick Bowness re-signed after rant. See reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dan Aulbach, Columbus Dispatch<\/p>\n

Updated Thu, April 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM UTC\"\"<\/p>\n

It’s been a roller-coaster week for the Blue Jackets<\/a> and their fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After falling out of the playoff race and losing their final game against the Washington Capitals, Blue Jackets coach Rick Bowness<\/a> had a viral postgame tirade in which he called out his players’ lack of effort and discussed a desire to change the organization’s culture if he returned.<\/p>\n

Two days later, Bowness agreed to a contract extension<\/a> with the Blue Jackets through the 2026-27 season. Taking over as coach after Dean Evason’s firing<\/a>, Bowness led the Blue Jackets to a 21-11-5 record, taking the Blue Jackets from last place in the Eastern Conference to as high as the No. 2 seed in the Metropolitan Division.<\/p>\n

Despite the high hopes, the Blue Jackets finished the season with a 3-9-1 record in their last 13 games. Needing to earn points to challenge the Flyers for the final playoff spot, the Blue Jackets lost 3-2 to the Boston Bruins<\/a> in regulation. The Flyers won in overtime against the Hurricanes on April 14, clinching the spot and eliminating the Blue Jackets from the playoffs before their season finale.<\/p>\n

See analysis and fan reactions about Rick Bowness’ postgame rant and eventual contract extension below.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Internet reacts to Columbus Blue Jackets coach Rick Bowness\u2019 extension<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dan Aulbach, Columbus Dispatch Updated Thu, April 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM UTC It’s been a roller-coaster week…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5114],"tags":[3644,95,191,4769,5,4,12090,190,109,5222],"class_list":{"0":"post-554097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-capitals","8":"tag-blue-jackets","9":"tag-boston-bruins","10":"tag-capitals","11":"tag-contract-extension","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-rick-bowness","15":"tag-washington","16":"tag-washington-capitals","17":"tag-washingtoncapitals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116416580175784002","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}