Lightning Coach Jon Cooper Apologizes for 'Goalies in Skirts' Comments After Playoff Exit

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Lightning Coach Jon Cooper Apologizes for 'Goalies in Skirts' Comments After Playoff Exit
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The Tampa Bay boss called his analogy 'inappropriate.'

coach Jon Cooper apologized Wednesday for comments he made Monday after the Lightning's playoff elimination that were widely condemned as misogynistic.

"I made an inappropriate analogy about goalies and skirts," Cooper told reporters."You know, it’s one of those moments if you could just reach back and grab the words back, I would have." Tampa Bay lost 6-1 to the Florida Panthers Monday in Game 5 of their first round series. After the contest, an irate Cooper questioned two goalie interference calls by suggesting"we might as well put skirts on then, if that’s how it’s gonna be."Jon Cooper opened his press conference by apologizing for his goalies wearing skirts comments. “Quite frankly, it was wrong.” Said it has pained him more than the series loss. Especially with daughters at home.

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