I think that sometimes there's a tendency to discredit the opinions and insights of fans because we watch the game as observers and are not professionally involved. There's a perception that the pro sports executives that run our favorite teams are operating with some kind of superior intellect and they see what we cannot.
I'm sure that this is true in an awful lot of cases. Sometimes though, what we as fans see is pretty much spot on. Many fans, myself included came to the belief that Glen Gulutzan was an excellent man and a smart hockey person that was in over his head as a head coach. I said a couple times that I felt like he was the Norv Turner/Wade Philips of hockey - a great assistant but not a lead dog.
I think Brian Burke confirmed what so many of us saw long ago. Gulutzan is a fantastic human being but he just doesn't have the chops (at least not yet) to lead an NHL hockey team.
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