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 Adam
Messages: 6813
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| smyth260 wrote on Tue, 11 December 2018 22:20 |
He's being too nice. Taking some responsibility after taking heat for his comments. I would have loved more of a finger directly pointed at management for creating a toxic environment with no support. This story got a lot of traction. It's not marginal NHLer Liro Pakarinen or an AHL buried Sheldon Souray speaking out. It's the previous captain of the Oilers. Now all of the focus is on partying, who wasn't trying hard in practice, and whether Ference was right to say those things.
Who am I kidding though. Even if Ference only said "Kevin Lowe, MacT, and their friends are all the worst people to lead an NHL organization", the media would have found a way to start a different conversation.
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It sure would be nice to have someone just SAY IT. I don't understand why those guys are sacred cows. Yeah, they played here, and they were decent players on a successful and beloved team...but it doesn't work with them running this ship. That should just be clear to everyone. They need professional management, not a bunch of former players who have no useful skills to do the jobs they've been promoted in to.
Tell them we're grateful for their service, they have free attendance for life to games, and then pack their things in boxes and escort them out of the office!
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireLowe #FireBobbyNicks #FireKenHolland #FireKeithGretzky
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Kr55
Messages: 9602
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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The only guys you will get real answers from are ones that are done with the NHL. Zero chance that Eakins wants to build a rep of throwing people from a former team under the bus for really no gain at all.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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