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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Ha ha ha Burke on 960 this morning basically shooting down Nicholson saying that Chiarelli was making these moves on his own. While he started with "I don't know what goes on in Edmonton" he said Calgary was the same as any other team he worked for in that the GM consults with everyone in management before making any deals. He said the notion that Chiarelli was doing these moves on his own without input from Nicholson, Gretzky, Lowe, etc is "asinine".
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This is the best part of the organization - the culture is rotten from the top down. Nicholson, Lowe and Gretzky are happy to throw Chia under the bus and say "he had full autonomy" and then expect they can demand accountability from their scouts and players.
The problem in the organization is that no one respects the leadership because they are corrupt and incompetent. And you can't lead when no one believes in you. So instead the players tune out the coach and the management.
Because whats the downside? If you work hard, you're missing the playoffs. If you don't work hard, you're missing the playoffs. And - as Hall, Eberle and Shultz have illustrated - your career takes a huge step forward when the oilers trade you. So really, the best strategy is to show enough talent that other teams want you, but be frustrating enough that the oilers want to trade you