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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I don't think you rate the team president by on ice success - that's the domain of the GM and the coaching staff.
For me, the president is about organizational depth, reputation, quality of the management, etc.
And on all those fronts, I think he is doing a great job.
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Except he isn't the president, he's actually the president of hockey operations, which means he is ultimately responsible for everything that happens on the ice, that's his job.
People getting very wrapped up in who to give credit for things. Whether it's something positive or negative that happened on ice or with the on ice talent, coaches or product, Burke is 100% responsible for good or bad.
Whether the only way he gets his job done is by hiring Brad then taking vacation forever, or whether he's involved and gets final say in every decision made, or it's somewhere in the spectrum before the former and the latter (most likely reality lies somewhere in that broad spectrum) it doesn't really matter. Burke gets paid to be in charge of everything hockey related with this club, and if you love the state the Flames are in right now then you have to love the job he's doing, if you hate the direction we are going then you have to hate how he's doing and everything in between.
i love where this team tends to be heading and how's it's positioned, not every moves been a winner, but so far I have to say at least a B+ on his tenure. Great hire by the Flames brass.