[Locke]

Definitely have to hang this one on Gillis.

- Gillis structured the 12 year back-diving contract and offered it to a 31 year old. He had to have know that at some point that contract was going to be tough to move.
- Gillis knew he had Schneider in the organization when he offered Luongo that contract.
- Gillis made it clear fairly early in the Luongo contract that Schneider was the future of the franchise, hamstringing his ability to move Luongo. You cant expect to get good value when you call Schneider the 'future of the franchise' while your previous 'future of the franchise' still has a decade left on his deal.
- Gillis waited to get better value when none seemed forthcoming and the whole thing broke down.

All Luongo did was tell them where to park his truckloads of money. Even his play hasnt been terrible, if anything its been consistent.

Theres more, but to me that was pure inept management that was spending more time trying to look like they knew what they were doing than actually doing anything positive.