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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Yes.
Yes.
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Thanks for the speculation
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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Why? By all accounts Burke is essentially in a position to craft his appointment to suit his own preferences. He has the freedom to make the job whatever he wants it to be, and I would tend to think that if he wants to be a "GM", then he will do parts of the job as he sees fit.
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By all accounts, King had to convince Burke of the new structure. Burke wanted to be the GM and could have been named President and GM if that was an option. Burke is old school. To him, the GM title carries certain duties including decision-making. You don't go from wanting to be a GM to a President who lets someone else run the club and makes all the decisions. But one of the condition of taking the job is that Burke would not be the GM. So no, I don't think Burke is in a position to craft his appointment to suit his own preferences. There is little doubt that before taking this position Burke wanted another GM position. He could have came in and said everything goes through me. I make the decisions. That's how John Davidson did when Pleau was still the GM. But Burke didn't do that. The job entailed that Burke would not be front and center. Had Burke wanted less duties he could have been the GM and delegated things to his assistant GM. That was not an option for him. In his current position he takes no credit for anything and he doesn't take much blame for anything.