[SirPsychoSexy]

Originally Posted by browna

The section going into more detail on the Comrie fiasco is also fascinating, to just see the mindset and phrasing of a guy who hated the agent, and his mindset in justifying what he did and how he did it, to himself. Then the author providing a random scout as validation for his methods.

This article of course predated his offer sheet escapades, his flat out lying to Chris Pronger, the Heatly thing, the Souray thing, the Smyth thing, the Nylander thing, his handing out of 5 year contracts to average NHLers that hit about thier weight for one playoff series, and his carousel of GMs and coaches he blamed his future blunders on.

But as mentioned, it’s a good article to see how his antiquated way he thought the game off the ice worked, got him into so much trouble, starting with his handling of the Comrie thing and what warning signs that should’ve sent to more players and agents and other GMs, but insulated himself and had no one around him (recall there were 30 owners of the Oilers before Katz) to tell him he was wrong, or, flat out, “no”, to some of these maverick ideas he has had to prove how creative he is.

Can you expand on all of the "things" associated with players? I'm curious as I don't know / don't remember all of the no-goodness attached to these players. The more no-good the stories are the better!