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Originally Posted by Badgers Nose
Maybe.
But consider:
1. Do we want 'someone' or the best one?
2. If Edwards/King really were a problem (not saying that I agree), what guarantee is there they won't still be?
3. If #2 is true, it's more likely that you will have to deal with all three meddling rather than just one. That is what their history tells us if you believe the interpretation of history that says they did in fact meddle.
There might be too many ??? to attract the very best candidates.
It will be interesting to see what happens.
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We absolutely won't attract the "best" GM available at the time. The "Best" GM will take a roll in an organization either as "President of Hockey Operations" (Burke's role here) or as GM in an organization where GM is the top dog when it comes to hockey decisions and the owners / President aren't meddlers.
The Flames have picked their hockey top dog, and it's Burke. Burke will now have to go out and hopefully find a very good candidate who has a great hockey mind to contribute to our hockey brain trust and is excited to go into a role that has more responsibility and autonomy than a traditional assistant GM but less than a GM in an organization where that is the top hockey position.
There will be no shortage of great candidates looking for a position like that, so there should be no worries. People who are hoping we land someone just as "big" (for lack of a better word and I don't mean physically) as Burke because they hope that this person will be the mind and the final stop when it comes to direction of the team will be saddly dissapointed. Doesn't matter what you call it, Burke is top hockey dog and has final say on direction of this team on ice as long as he's here, no hire into the GM position will change that.