Quote:
Originally Posted by Vinny01
I don't get the speculative pessimism? The Flames are a team willing to spend to win, a GM will inherit a team with ample cap space, and in the early stages of a rebuild (inheriting Monahan, 2014 1st, and a few nice prospects). They get to be mentored by Brian Burke who is a highly respected executive among his peer group. What candidate wouldn't love to inherit a team to build from the ground up with a near endless budget to build a winner?
|
They will also inherit the vision, plan, and previous GM as their boss with day to day oversight - and a big brash personality.
It's clearly different than going in to run your own show, though everyone answers to someone so I don't think the difference is totally black and white.
I think the most telling thing is the flames seem to be happy to roll through a pretty important trade deadline and draft short 2 people. So how important are those positions really in the grand scheme of Brian Burke's Calgary flames? Obviously not very.