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Old 01-14-2021, 04:22 PM   #3169
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Originally Posted by Monahammer View Post
That one sort of made sense to me at the time. They at least realized that they were entirely bereft of internal leadership... They just didn't come to the correct conclusion that such needs to be developed and instead thought they could transplant it from a winner. Ference and Boston had just been on a cup run.

But yeah, generally they do the opposite of what most people would consider the right thing to do.
Ference was brought in to provide leadership. It was a good idea. But in typical Oiler fashion, they take a short cut or the easy answer/way.

After they realized they spoiled 3 #1 picks by leaving the keys on the table and thinking their talent would enable self development they realize they lacked structure.

Making Ference Captain was a day late and a dollar short. When he got injured/broke down it made his leadership harder to relate to.
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