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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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Just heard the interview which is now up on FAN 960.
The scope of questions would be anything that falls under BB's purview. Would assume that includes coaches, systems, players and organization-level logistics (which most people don't really care about...).
I totally agree that asking only positive questions is disingenuous - it does the fans no favours and smacks of homerism. Much the same way that announcers on Sportsnet (or many other broadcasters) NEVER smack NHL officials for their often half-baked calls. Call 'em out - that's your job. Or at least ask the hard questions.
The FAN960 crew could have quite legitimately asked BB: "There's a lot of fan anger, angst and confusion out there on forums, discussion groups and at the water cooler about the Flames. What do you have to say to those fans asking for someone's head?"
And, equally legitimately, BB could have responded with "Patience, development blah blah" - whatever he wants.
But ASK the question in a responsible way.
In two months, if nothing has changed - then one can go back to that question and argue that the query was made - and now what?