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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
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.
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You seriously can't see the difference between each of the comparables you suggested here and Joe Nieuwendyk?
· Cervenka, while technically a rookie, was also a grown man who had played professional hockey for a number of years already. Nieuwendyk was a YOUNG, ROOKIE general manager when he started his tenure in Dallas.
· Jankowski is STILL A ROOKIE, which in some ways illustrates my point: it's too early to write him off as a bust. After only four years on the job in Dallas, it is also a little premature to suggest that Nieuwendyk is forevermore a terrible GM.
· Ramo?! Currently looks like a bonafide NHL goaltender; what's your problem with him?
· Feaster was a re-tread. Nieuwendyk is still enough of an unknown commodity to suggest that he might be a quality, long-term GM.
All I am suggesting is that he MIGHT still have a bright future. None of us knows one way or the other, and I wouldn't be surprised both if he lands another GM job again, and if he is successful at it. As I mentioned earlier, rookie GMs almost never become instant successes. There is lots of learning on the job, and Nieuwendyk appears to be no exception.
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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
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.
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Well, you're a fan of the team who views everything from a considerable distance, and all filtered through the organisation and the media. Your or my or any other fan's "feelings" are irrelevant. I am highly confident that if the Flames elect to offer Nieuwendyk the GM position (and for the record, I don't believe this is likely to happen, nor is he one of my preferred candidates), then it will not be a product of "rolling the dice". It will come as a result of Burke's due diligence and careful scrutiny to ensure that he has hired the right person.