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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Why exactly should the team president be under fire? The only move Burke can make as team president is to fire the GM and that's not going to happen and nor should it. You make it sound like you are expecting Burke to be making Treliving's decisions for him and that's not the case. I'm sure Brad consults him on decisions but ultimately the decisions are made by Treliving. I'm pretty confident in that if Burke had as much influence on the GM that Carlye and not Gulutzan would be the head coach of the Flames right now. I don't think Gulutzan is the type of guy that Burke would have even interviewed. This is Brad Treliving's team for better or worse as blaming Burke for what has transpired this young season is silly.
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Burke should be under fire as well because he's the one who hired Treliving, therefore if he preforms poorly as GM it reflects badly on Burke as well.
It's been mentioned before that Burke never interviewed anybody else for the job, he met with Treliving and gave him the job. I honestly don't know who else would've been available, but it does seem kind of weird to only interview one candidate for a very important position such as GM.