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Originally Posted by Ruttiger
I think you cling to hope with your team for as long as possible. I've been a fan since the day they entered the league in '79. I can't pinpoint the moment that reality overtook hope. Somewhere in the MacT/Eakins years I suspect. There was a brief glimmer of hope two years ago and then you hope maybe last year was a blip after getting too comfortable from the season before. I won't fully believe they've turned the corner in their thinking until the 3 aforementioned guys are expunged, along with Wayne I suppose. These guys should be ambassadors and hand-shakers - nothing more. Even that is stretching it - they should be punted and invisible for a few years.
As for going forward - establishing their own version of Robidas Island might be a good start. Eat the cash it takes to bury guys in the minors to get as much bad money of the books as quickly as possible. Katz has the resources but does he have the will? I suppose Yzerman would be my dream candidate for GM but knowing he won't be coming, it has to be someone with a mix of practical experience and forward thinking. I'm not sure you want a rookie GM in this job at this time. There's too much riding on it.
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Ruttiger, are you still drinking the water?