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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
No respect but I think puppet is a poor and silly choice of words. Brian Burke came into this situation knowing full well what Ken King and company wanted. Burke will be in charge but the GM will have plenty of responsibilities as well. They'll bounce ideas and thoughts off each other.
Burke seems fully committed to the system the Flames want in their managers.
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Sure, maybe puppet is the wrong word, but how much autonomy will the new GM have?
Seems like every big idea will have to go through Burke? So who is really the GM?
What if the new GM wants to fire Hartley by November next season? Does he need buy in from Burke?
I don't think this structure is going to work. I have been against it from Day 1. Why can't we just have Burke be the GM, and have him hire 1-2 AGM's to do the daily work like he had in Toronto.
Let's call it what it really is.