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Originally Posted by Zulu29
I just don't understand managements apparent phobia of the so called rebuild.
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I don't think it's Management's phobia, it's Ownership's. The current Management was brought in by the Ownership under the mantra to win now, which is what they have been trying to do. Ownership seems to be afraid to give the go ahead to rebuild, probably due to the experience they have from the last rebuild, and frankly the fan base has shown they will throw money towards a middling team. Until that changes I suspect the message from ownership will be to stay the course. (Although I could be way off base. I guess we will see in 2 weeks. If Iginla and others are traded then obviously ownership has finally given the OK to change the direction of this team.)
As for Feaster's credibility with the fan base, I'm sure the last thing Feaster is worried about is what a bunch of opinionated emotional fans think. His job is to, one way or another, find a way to put a winning hockey team on the ice. It doesn't matter how he goes about it, as long as the result is a winning team then the fans will be happy.