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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
But if King and ownership meddled in hockey operations, how do they have more credibily than Feaster? It's King and Murray who have zero credibility when it comes to hockey. So the issue is whether they can keep their mitts off hockey operations.
And if the concern out there is about autonomy, I'm not sure how the prospect of Burke looking over his shoulder will be appealing to a GM candidate.
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Well, the idea would be that the person coming in would be working in concert with Burke in a mentor ship role, probably similar to how Burke learned from Pat Quinn. The purpose of Burke would be to insulate this new GM from scrutiny, both from error, and from above the management structure.
That sort of insulation is integral to allow a younger, promising hockey mind to establish themselves.
In my mind, the hiring of Burke is an implicit admission by ownership of the need to establish a separate management structure for hockey operations that is outside the purview of Ken King who is now managing the Calgary Flames Brand.
Burke stressed in the press conference that he organized the presentation in front of the entire ownership
and King. He didn't report to King who filed it up the chain, and he didn't meet with one or two owners in a boardroom or a luncheon.
Burke is concentrating power to insulate himself.