Excuse me. But wasn't it just the other day that Chris Drury promised a "long, exhaustive search" for a new coach?

It was so "long" that three days after the Penguins bounced Mike Sullivan, Sully was exhaustively named Drury's fourth coach in record time. 

Should we be surprised at being faked out – deked, if you will – by the Slump-buster, himself, pizzaman Drury? He knew he was getting Sullivan as you know the Staten Island Ferry floats.

What Mike Sullivan Could Change About The Rangers The Rangers media propagandists already have anointed newly appointed coach Mike Sullivan hockey sainthood above and beyond all stupidity.

By now you must know that the Post believes that not only was the Drury-Sully  a made for each other marriage,but they will go on to live happily ever after. 

That is, until Chris says "You're fired!"

The Drury-produced soap opera sounds a lot like "Quinn's World," "The World According To Gallant," and "Laviolette's Follies."

Now that sullied Sully has been added to the bill we can call this four-act play "Retread Rhapsody."

It will feature a Sullivan song and dance routine that the media will gobble up like a steak at the Waldorf.

In his first act, Mighty Mike will assure the computer crowd that he's going to change the Rangers "culture." (Instead of "Country Club", he'll make it "Bar Stool.")

The second act will be about geography. No more of Lavvy's East-West hockey explorations. It will be high-speed, north-west stuff. (Since the Blueshirts have one of the oldest and slowest cores, Sully will have to feed them more vitamins.)

What our fine, feathered, new-old coach will discover soon enough is what Quinn-Gallant-Lavvy learned: It's not the system that matters. It's the players, stupid; IT'S THE PLAYERS!

While the Rangers feature some of the most-talented, high-end names, the likes of Panarin, Fox and Shesterkin were among the prime coach-killers of Quinn-Gallant and Lavvy.

And with the aid of Zibanejad, Trocheck K'Andre and Kreider and you have the rest of who managed to torpedo the previous mentors.

 "Drury deserves  blame for his dumb November trade memo," says The Old Scout. "That put the squad into a dive that ruined the season. But, in the end, it's all on the players."

All that's changed is the new warden.

But don't fret, at least we "know"  that Drury conducted a "long, exhaustive search" to find his latest victim!