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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Actually, they aren't comparisons. I'm not saying that Feaster is comparable to either Fletcher or Gorman; that would be ridiculous. What I'm saying is that the people who say you have to play pro hockey to be a good GM are demonstrably wrong. If being a successful GM required some mysterious juju that only pro hockey players can have, some of the best GMs in the history of the game would never have made it.
There would be more point in this whole discussion if we could flush the bickering about who is or is not a hockey guy, and consider managers on their merits. I happen to think Feaster's merits as a GM are not great, but he's not as bad as some ex-players I could mention.
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I can't speak for other people, but I have frequently concentrated argued the need to be a talent evaluator. The Flames has someone who lacks the ability to confirm the work of his employees or doesn't confirm the work of his employees. That's been my argument.