Quote:
Originally Posted by schteve_d
Every now and then they do something, like fire Chia, and you think: “well shucks, it has come to an end but it was fun while it lasted.” But nope, I don’t think this train wreck has come to its end yet. So much fun.
|
It’s because the same lead conductor has been on the train for over two decades.
Lowe got pushed to a random boxcar for the better part of 3 years after Katz finally realized the source of the problem (when he should have been punted from the caboose), but the cap hit and organizational toxicity he actually, and not so ironically created, had finally caught up with his predecessor.
The crappy results set in as a result of Chia’s hands being tied due in large part to the bad cap management he had when given the role, and certainly the fact that very few players of impact were waiving ntc clauses to go there, which prevented the change the culture of losing thst Lowe had created. Hall for Larsson was the best he could do because the players the Oilers wanted to replace the sulkers and losing culture, Hall had the most value. Yak or RNH or Drai, the return was even lower, because although teams were willing to trade a good player back, that good player refused. Larsson didn’t have to waive to get traded.
So, as things sprial down because of this what Lowe had set in motion for years, Lowe could sneak up from the boxcar, slick talk Katz into giving him back control and vp hockey title, and backstab the current GM and vp of hockey operations, which he has, via using the press to undermine the GM, and use his used car sales ability to sell it to an owner who has lost control and had no idea what to do next.
With the media, which he always has severely influenced, lapping up every tidbit of dufus for dufus trades his puppet is carrying out, while simultaneously crapping on and blaming the current state of affairs solely on the guy he ran his coup operation on, Lowe is fully back in power, once again insulated by a few layers of people to blame (once blaming Chia is exhausted), and clearly the ability (and confidence that he’s never truly going to be fired) to sweet talk the owner in giving him repeated opportunities.