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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
John Bean
As it has been for a while
And he would have the authority but I suspect like many organizations if he were to fire a senior executive he would discuss and align with his owners first.
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Not that it really matters, but it is interesting what the hierarchy really is now. Ken King being around for almost 20 years was a conduit for the owners and involved deeper in some things the you’d expect him to be. Some owners have since passed as well, and Edwards, who was one of the loudest voices, is likely a bit more in the background now out of country, and of course, doesn’t have King as the go between/man on the ground...so the ownership dynamic has changed it seems.
Bean was hired basically for managing the arena project on the Flames business side years ago, so while he now may be in a similar role to King, not sure if he has the same relationships with the owners or desired involvement or interest in some of the day to day hockey related matters that King had, on behalf of, and request of, the owners.
Seems from the far outsider point of view, the top of the Flames executive tree is a bit rudderless as there doesn’t appear to be a stronger upfront personality as the public executive face of the franchise, hockey or otherwise.
I am sure it’s all managed properly behind the scenes, but post pandemic when everything gets back to near normal and Flames employees and staff are all rehired etc, would not surprise me if they find a president of hockey operations or similar, to be a bit more involved in some of the decisions and act on behalf of the owners and be that public face.
Similar to Shanahan in Toronto (who would’ve been the guy here if he accepted the role, in the dark declining days of the Feaster era - he turned it down and the Flames opened the vault to convince Burke to come here in a different role that Shanahan’s to desperately restore some credibility that had been thrown in the trash by the former GM).