Yeah, McGuire would be awful as a GM.
Couldn't stand him the last couple years he was with TSN, and then took his schtick to NBCSN. His ridiculous antics in attempting to use creative (and sometimes create his own) cliches to try and sound ultra smart was bad enough. Him then name dropping of coaches, GM, and unknown scouts was clearly trying to wiggle his way into a job down the road.
Watched a Bruins/Wings game this playoffs, and on Iginla's winning tip goal, he didn't credit Iginla at all, he was sucking up to Julien, patting him on the back for "manufacturing live legs" on the OT play. What does that even mean? Sounds good to Pierre though, as he clearly thinks the game at a higher level than you and I.
Garbage, self-grandizing "analysis" like that, with an expanded, highly useless vocabulary and sucking up to any and all in the hockey world on national TV to sound both apparently so much smarter and, prove that he knows people in the game, is exactly the same schtick he's running up the flagpole to anyone in the Pens organization to get the job.
It's the same sort of dazzling with words and theory that Feaster tried to get by on here...at least Feaster had previous GM experience.
Not sure what the Pens are thinking here...Mario has to be smarter than that.
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