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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
OK, but what type of question can be asked of Burke.
Players, coach all fall under the GM, no?
Legitimately, what is the scope of information Burke can comment on?
I will admit I didn't hear him, but from other posters on this form it appears he commented on the Flames top players not playing well, how they were forced to keep a rookie player. These are all the realm of the GM.
I think asking Burke positive player personnel questions, but not negative ones is disingenuous.
So he Burke gets prickly, good he should be.
I guess I wonder if this is media/journalism or lobbing of softballs.
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It isn't about positive/negative, it is about the scope of the question and the altitude of it.
Asking the VP of Hockey Operations about the signing of, and playing of a #7 dman just makes no sense.
You would want to focus on the broader, more impactful items that are affecting the hockey team's performance.
And yes, there is an element of keeping a good relationship in place so you can talk to him again. But from what I understand, this wasn't a softball interview.
They didn't ask about Grossman, because despite all the discussion about him on here, he simply doesn't matter enough either way.