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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
I just don't buy it.
If they didn't like the message but liked what else he brought they would trot out a different messenger.
If they didn't like the message and didn't like what else he brought, they would can him.
Who on Earth stays in their job prominently in the public eye representing their bosses if their bosses think they are doing a bad job.
Even Spicer was canned.
It isn't king that sucks here, it is the proposal. He's not driving the boat on hundreds of millions in liability. It is impossible to defend the ownership position on this without looking like Katz looked in Edmonton.
If the owners were concerned about how they would appear asking for the Edmonton deal they should have considered how Katz looked getting off the plane in Seattle with Gretz.
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Even if one disagrees on how bad the proposal is - I think everyone (even those who want a rink and would support public funding) would agree that the presentation has been stunningly bad.
So if King is indeed simply the mouthpiece of Edwards, even then, I would have to think Edwards is thinking about whether someone else would do a better job of putting forth a compelling argument, even if it is shining a turd.
I would argue that right now King is making the Flames proposal somehow seem EVEN worse than it is.
The best thing that could happen at this point is some new faces at the bargaining table - particularly from the Flames.