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Originally Posted by Fire
No team around him? Burke only fired Feaster and Weisbrod. He could easily handle things until the summer. He still has Holditch, Conroy, Mike Burke and the entire scouting staff.
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Sure, I meant leadership team. Burke guys who already get and share what he wants.
all those guys you mentioned have their jobs to do, plus re-orient themselves and their staffs around Burke's vision (inevitably easy for some, but not for all). I don't mean that as a knock, just a reality of dealing with change.
Even if Burke is acting GM and had his AGM in place, it would still be a ton of work to get pro and amateur scouts clear on what he likes, get ready for the deadline, the draft, and free agency. Add in Burke's Olympic commitments and it gets harder.
If he waits until summer then the next 3-6 months will be Burke shooting from the hip and the organization fumbling around trying to keep up. Hiring the wrong guy is worse, so there is no easy answer. But since it is already going to be Burke's team he really just needs someone he can work with. My 2 cents.