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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Here is a quote from Burke that should provide some colour as to what may have happened:
"Every job I've ever take, I've told the owner 'Look, there are only two hands on the steering wheel if you hire me. They're both mine. If I ever look down and there's a third hand on the steering wheel, you've got a problem. So unless you're willing to give that much autonomy to me, I'll help you find someone else. Not everyone needs that much autonomy. I need to be in charge. You can ride in the front and get out and push if we get stuck, if you want, but you don't touch that steering wheel.'"
Suppose he negotiated that autonomy up front. Then suppose the Luongo rumours have validity... as soon as the CBA is closing, he is out the door. If ownership does not want that deal, then there is your third hand on the wheel...
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Burke has his principles but he's ultimately an employee. There aren't many jobs where the owner would simply sign the checks Burke wants him to sign. Burke is full of #### if he's trying to tell people that he's had 100% autonomy in every NHL GM job he took.