No one on this board has any actual idea what the extent of ownership’s involvement in the day-to-day management of hockey operations is, so I find quite a few of the posts in this thread ridiculous. Fact is, we don't know what Feaster is, and is not allowed to do, so I think it is only fair to base our evaluations on what we know. We know that Feaster said that the goal for last season was to make the playoffs. He didn't add any addendum that this was only the case if management let him do “X” or “Y”, he said that it was to make the playoffs. He didn’t, so season 1 is a failure. Right now, we are outside of a playoff spot in a shortened season that looks like it could be a repeat of season 2. At this point, I don’t really see what there is to “like” about him.
As a fan, I want a team that is either good today, or that I can expect to be good in the future. The team is certainly not good now, and it is very doubtful that it will be any good in the foreseeable future, so again, I fail to see what there is to like about his performance so far. Sure, much of what is wrong with the Flames is not his fault, but he has not changed anything either. Until we start seeing some actual results, he is not deserving of any praise.
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