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Originally Posted by Textcritic
First-time GMs usually do not explode out of the gate into instant greatness. Someone linked to a complete run-through of Nieuwendyk's tenure as Stars GM in another thread, and it isn't in its entirety terrible. I think he could have a lot of potential in his second go, and under the watch of a more experienced former manager to walk him through the day-to-day stuff.
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In my experience, when we have to rationalize moves by coming up with reasons why they might not suck, they end up being the wrong moves. Sure, Nieuwendyk might be a diamond in the rough. Just like Cervenka, Jankowski, and Ramo. Or Jay Feaster, for that matter.
Question marks like that are almost always question marks for a reason, and Nieuwendyk feels no different. If we're rolling the dice on someone I'd rather it be someone who doesn't have a terrible track record attached to his name.