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Originally Posted by Meers
I don't think you know Murray very well then.
That having been said, given the nature of what occurred and understanding something about the engineering of tailings dams, I can't see him as bearing any personal responsibility for what occurred here (this is likely just a black swan event) - although he has bourne the largest financial loss to date.
And to drag the Flames into this is just silly - unless they change their names to "The Environmental Despoilers" (which I understand has already been taken by an AHL-quality team from Northern Alberta, which goes by an abbreviated version).
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His wide reputation as a control freak aside, there is no way he made a decision that compromised this, in my opinion. Even if you assume he instructed this company to run as lean as possible (as with CNQ) a dam is a yes/no event, either it works or it doesn't, and it would have been engineered to work.
As the poster upthread mentioned, if you really think M.E. is to blame here, his ski resorts are a better boycott target. The target market for them is likely to be more environmentally conscious, and they are more dependent on transient business.