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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Ignoring the complete contradiction of the sentence as it stands, I am interested to know about how much more visible Burke has been as President of Hockey as compared to other NHL teams. Granted, he is a very well known public figure in the hockey world, but it doesn't seem to me like he has garnered much more media attention than other well known NHL counterparts like Brendan Shanahan in TO, and Trever Linden in Vancouver. It seems to me that the majority of Burke's public statements about the team stem from media questions, and not in the form of official pronouncements from the Flames.
What actions have the Flames taken to "accelerate" the rebuild, and how have these damaged the team's future?
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Yes, the statement contradicted, but I've seen more of Burke than Treliving on interviews. He may be popular, but he can just as easily turn down the opportunity to be the face of the franchise with a simple decline. I also would say the same for Shanahan. As for Linden, I don't see him even close to those guys on TV. It's not scientific, but the GM's should really be more the face as they're the ones making the moves. At least that's my two cents.
As for the acceleration, I can't pinpoint one move in particular because it's not. It was the year Johnny broke out, and everything clicked. Rather than doing an incremental build and slower develop they moved a few bodies out. In hindsight, I really wish they brought back Hudler this year as the team seems to have been lost without him.
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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
sure you can. instead of him going for a hit or miss situation, he could have gotten one of the available #1 goalies out there. he chose not to.
how can you not blame him for taking a chance and failing?
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I didn't think it was a bad move at the time - gamble yes, but by the numbers, Elliott wasn't a bad move at the time. Really bad result though. I don't think anyone could've seen him being this bad. How much of that is because of the bad defence though? On paper, the D is great, but they simply haven't performed and that to me is more on the coaching.
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Originally Posted by mikeecho
Just to reset things... 83% of voters think he's done a good job.
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As do I.