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Originally Posted by morgin
Because while it's funny to armchair discuss GM's being daft, these guys are high level executives who are very intelligent and quite frankly miles beyond any forum poster when it comes to understanding hockey and the business side of it. They may make PR mistakes (which is what my post is commenting on), but their day to day in the hockey world is not something your average fan would really get. It similar to how the general public perceives CEOs in other industries, like all they do is sit around reading the news and any everyman could do the job. In discussing things I think people sometimes lose sight of the fact that being really passionate and knowing a lot about a sport does not qualify you to work at an executive level in it.
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Not all high level executives know what they are doing. I've learned that along the way. At all levels there are people who don't have the skill set to be where they are.
The best example I can think of is Matt Millen with the Detroit Lions. To be a high level executive you need to convince a person or a board you are good enough. Sometimes the decision maker makes the wrong hiring decision.
I don't profess to know more about hockey than Feaster, I bet I know less about hockey than 3/4 of the people here. What I do know is that high level executives, who are competent enough to hold their job would know that CBA inside out. This is a small gaff in the sense it had small consequences but its the same type of gaff as the ROR deal last year where he doesn't have a proper working knowledge of a contract that dictates precisely how they can act.