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Originally Posted by FAN
You're kidding me right? Would you trust a family doctor who has 20 years experience as a family doctor perform say heart surgery?
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The comparisons here are beginning to go beyond silly and into gonzo.
First off, nobody is going to die on the operating table if Jay Feaster screws up.
Secondly, there is no certification process for NHL executives. Much as some people dislike the fact, you don't have to play the game for X number of years to get your Ph.D. in Being a Hockey Guy.
Thirdly, even on its very limited merits, the analogy doesn't work — as I tried to point out earlier, evidently without success. Feaster is not one of the men on the ice or even in the dressing room. He isn't the surgeon operating on the patient; he's the administrator of the hospital, who doesn't need to be a surgeon or even an MD and usually isn't.
If Murray Edwards decided tomorrow to pull a Harold Ballard and hire (say) his pool boy to run the Flames, he would be perfectly within his rights. Neither the fans nor anyone else could sue him (or the pool boy) for malpractice. All you can ever do is stop buying tickets or watching games on TV — or not. This is just a teensy bit different from open-heart surgery.