[kyuss275]

Not sure why the thread " Brian Burkes role for president" was closed? This thread seems more of a yay-nay thread. The other thread made by "fan" actually looked into another organization that is doing the same thing the flames are going to try. Anyways i took a post out from there and will respond to it on this thread. This is "TurnedTheCorner" post:

"You should watch the videos of the press conference, they answer most of your questions.

"Will Burke replace Feaster and hire a new GM or replace Feaster himself?" - No

"Burke has stated that Feaster is still the GM and still the guy in charge, but did mention that he will be guiding Feaster and that Feaster will be the transactional guy. What does this all mean?" - Feaster is still the GM in charge of player moves and contracts. Burke oversees him directly, just as King did before.

"My guess is that the status quo will remain for a while. While I do think Feaster can't be at all happy with this, it's likely in his best interest to keep his GM title and help lead a successful rebuild here in Calgary." - Feaster and the hockey operations people who report to him are quite happy with this.

"Not sure how this will affect Weisbrod who came here looking to take upon a larger role." - This has no effect on Weisbrod's role."


First off i don't think you can take the presser at 100% face value. I watched Burke in other interviews during the day and he contradicted the presser a couple of times. If we go by the presser then KK still looks after the business side and Feaster is GM. What would that really leave Burke to do? No chance he is just going to sit in a room and wait for Feaster to come along with an idea, for him to say yes or no.

Burke mentioned things that GM's do like scouting and said that it was Feasters job. On another station he said that if he felt like he wanted to go and scout, he was going to go out and scout.

Burke mentioned at the presser that Feaster would be the man making the trades and doing the work and he would be there only for guidance. On another staion he said that if he has ideas for a trade or transaction that he would go and tell Feaster what he is thinking.

This could also have an effect on Weisbrod. Burke during the presser said there is a sscience to drafting and that he was going to evaluate the process to make sure its done the way he thinks it should be done. This is the only thing that he has said that scares me. I like Weisbrod's approach to drafting, so they better seee eye to eye.

I truly believe that Burke and Feaster want this to work and that Burke did not take this job thinking he will fire Feaster the second he can. The main problem is that while Feaster and Burke are friends they have never worked together. If they see eye to eye on a lot of things then this could work. If they don't and just spend the year arguing with each other, then someone will have to go. I don't see Feaster winning that battle. Durring the year they will probably have a difference of opnion on players ( Feaster on tv said they talked about one player that Feaster likes and Burke hates), the biggest battle will be Hartely. You know Feaster will go to the wall for Hartely. Not convinced that Burke is going to like what he see's in him if its the same system as last year.