Quote:
Originally Posted by Flash Walken
"We do our jobs, we let them do their jobs. Our definition of meddling would be, would we stop someone from doing what they wanted to do or force someone to do something they didn't want to, but that never happened."
- King on Hockey Operations
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Interesting that he has gone out of the way to define what "meddling" means in his context. Certainly some semantics can be argued there.
I do think Sutter had free reign when it was clear he had the ability to make deals around the league and pull the rabbits out of the hat as GM. When things tightened up a bit and the Phanuef thing went south after that season, those above him wanted a secondary set of eyes, and the reigns were pulled back from Sutter's autonomy, from powers above him.
Sutter gets canned, Feaster talked himself a good game to get the full time gig, but also I am guessing those above him retained the deciding power, and, knowing Feaster was going to be a yes man for the most part. Thus then, techinically those above Feaster aren't "meddling" if Feaster is saying he goes along with it 100%.
IMO.