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Originally Posted by Red-Mile-DJ
But who or what is that vision? The only people that know that, are the owners. What do THEY want from this team? Hopefully it's a Stanley Cup. A proper team vision can be many different things, but what's the "right one" and who get's the final say? I would hope they listen to the fans so they can put something together that pleases everyone.
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That is a good question.
It seemed to me that there was very little meddling from ownership until the last few years when things started to go wrong. I believe that ownership would stay out of the way if they trusted that their team was in good hands.
Ownership seemed to become visible ever since the Phaneuf trade and I don't think that's a coincidence. With a John Davidson type in charge, someone with a vision (that they would obviously have sold to ownership), I think ownership steps back again.
As for listening to the fans, I hope very much that they don't do that - and I doubt that they will.