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Originally Posted by New Era
Well, plan the parade route! 
I would think that after all we have been through in the past couple of decades we would stop crowning every new hire as the savior and every guy fired as a loser. I guess not. I guess I just need "more imagination" to see into the future where higher ups don't meddle into the affairs of their subordinates or guys will talk a good game, over promise and under-deliver. Because the club hasn't had a problem with any of those things in the near past. As opposed to actually waiting to see what this guy does, and if he is worthy of the glowing reviews, I should succumb to group think and proclaim this a brilliant hiring or an abject failure. Sorry, I'll remain on the fence with guy. I say let him do something to prove his worth before deciding if he was the right guy for the job. |
Its fair to not crown him as a great GM before he's done anything. But he's got good credentials and was apparently a candidate for other jobs (interviewed with Buffalo, request from another team for an interview). This isn't picking a guy off a scrapheap that no one else wanted (MacTavish, Feaster). It might not work but at least at this point it looks like a reasonable hire who has a good chance to succeed.