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Melrose hopes Tampa 'doesn't win a game for the rest of the year' 
Yahoo! Canada Sports | by Greg Wyshynski | Tue, Dec 9
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But goal Mike Smith probably takes the taco with this rant:
All of this likely puts a smile on the face of Barry Melrose, the deposed Bolts coach and scapegoat (if you're one of those that feel he's blameless) for the team's disastrous start.
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