 He entered the Betty Ford Center for treatment.Whalers owner Richard Gordon was going to fire Holmgren, however he changed his mind after conversations with Holmgren's counselor at the Betty Ford Center, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, and Connecticut Governor Lowell P. Weicker Jr. After McGuire was fired May 1994, Holmgren returned as head coach.When the team was purchased by Peter Karmanos, Jim Rutherford was named general manager.