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Originally Posted by transplant99
Just a bit of a reality check here.
It's really really unlikely that Treliving gets the pink slip at season's end.
Even if there are some legit points being made as to why it should happen because of on-ice results, the truth of it is that ownership has bigger reasons as to why not to do so.
He is signed for 2 more seasons after the current one. His salary is likely North of 2M a year with other incentives on top of that.
That is a lot of real dollars for ownership to just eat on the heels of what is now a full calendar year of no ticket revenue, which is where this team and many others, gets into the red or the black on their bottom lines.
It seems that the ownership group has a lot of trust in BT and what he has done for them past anything that happens on ice. I imagine there will be a full review done at seasons end as there would be any other year. This one though will have different pressures on both sides though and will certainly be part of the decisions on all involved.
Adding to all that is the reality that when a new GM is hired by any club, they generally want to put their guy behind the bench and often allow that same guy to decide who wants assisting him. So there is up to 4 or 5 more salaries to consider should they clear out the GM office.
The timing of all this is key IMO and why he will not be going anywhere at this point. Maybe after the next season played it may be more of a reality but at this point? Just doesn't seem like its in the cards.
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I’m tired of hearing how the owners won’t do X because a guy has years left on his deal.
Find a different businesses then. This is pro sports.
Fire the GM. Hire someone who’s done the job before.
Hire Darryl as head coach.
Punt $20M worth of salary (easier said than done I know- long term) - you don’t need to spend $80M to finish 25th.
Billionaires got richer this year. Unless Murray is arguing he’s the stupidest billionaire on the planet, cut the academic cheque and move on.