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Originally Posted by calgARI
Burke did play, just never in the NHL. Feaster became GM of the Lightning after the core of that team was already established. Sure he made some moves to improve them but that isn't what this organization needs - it needs vision which we have never seen any evidence of from him.
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Discount all you like. "Hockey guy" Paul Holmgren doesnt have a Cup. His moves also make him look like a fool. Does he get a free ride because he played in the NHL?
So Burke's resume gets the okay from you? A couple years in the AHL back in the 70s means he's enough of a hockey guy to be an NHL GM. He won a Cup, but I assume that's discounted by his predecessor's work? This notion of being a "hockey guy" is, IMO, ridiculous. Lots of successful professional GMs aren't "baseball guys", "football guys" or "basketball guys". Besides, it's not like Feaster is running the Flames without any "hockey guys" surrounding him, advising him and otherwise helping him, right?
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Originally Posted by calgARI
Can't say it enough, the fact that this guy is allowing one center on the ice every night for his team indicates that he doesn't know enough about the sport. He has done some good things for sure, but this team has been built terribly even if Backlund weren't hurt.
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It's quite something, I agree. I doubt very strongly this has anything to do with Feaster just being a fan with a legal education or however you put it. Again, he is surrounded by "hockey guys" and others who have years of experience in the NHL/professional sports.
You're quick to post immediately after the Flames give up a goal or offer long dissertations in the PGT, but what do you suggest? You hate when Feaster says he's trying or really, talks at all. I think it stems from him not being a "hockey guy", which, respectfully, is absolute garbage, IMO.