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Originally Posted by Textcritic
It depends on the candidate. Not every candidate will be as keen on the Flames' organisational structure, but by the same token, those are likely not the sorts of people that Burke will be targeting in the first place. With more and more teams moving towards this kind of model, I expect that Burke's position is not much of a determent to finding and hiring the best man for the job.
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I disagree. I think Burke's position is going to be a determent to finding and hiring the best man for the job. There's a difference between having an organizational structure where the President acts more like a senior advisor who oversees everything and acts more like a rubber stamper and an organizational structure where the President intends to make every single decision and the GM simply does the legwork.
If you look around, most teams with this management structure have an inexperienced President who isn't looking to call the shots. Burke on the other hand made no secret that he's the one making the decisions. It places the Flames at a competitive disadvantage as far as hiring the best man for the job because guys who want to run their own team want as much autonomy as possible.