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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Well I guess we should just fire ownership right? Like send Murray Edwards and co their pink slip and let Brad Treliving go on forever. I don’t know what ownership says, I don’t think any of us can know for certain. Everyone though ownership was too cheap to hire an “elite coach” and they proved a lot of people wrong. So maybe picking on ownership is not fair. They’re not the ones trying to execute the game plan either, that’s 100% Brad. We’re pretty fortunate in that we have an ownership group that can spend to the cap and do not meddle. So again, comes down to Treliving. He’s had a very ideal situation and let’s call a spade a spade here. He severely underperformed just like his players did.
I can see very clearly that you’re a Brad Treliving fan, so I’d be curious to know where you draw the line. At what point would you say enough is enough Brad, you’ve had your chance?
Also, that #2 pick in Laine or PLD is not what makes the Jets good. Heck, they were kicking our butts without Laine or PLD in the line up. The Jets are good because their core is lead by an elite #1 center in Mark Scheifele and they have built through patience by drafting great core players in every position. They have depth everywhere on the ice and if they still had Byfuglien patrolling the blue line, they probably would’ve been perennial Stanley Cup contenders last season and this season.
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I’m not so sure I would calm myself a Treliving fan, but, on balance, I think he is a good GM. I also think the likelihood of him getting let go this offseason to be slim. If he was in danger of being let go, it would have happened along with the Sutter hire. Maloney or Conroy would have been named interim GM and the organization would have cleaned house in the offseason and named a new GM then. Just my two cents.
I’m also not of the mindset that Treliving has above reproach. He has made some costly mistakes and misjudgment’s, he deserves criticism. The Hamonic trade is going to stick with him like the Erat-Forsberg trade has stuck with McPhee. The thing is, any GM who has had tenure is going to have a few blunders on the record. It’s the cost of doing business. But I’m not advocating a bloodletting. I don’t think a change at the position is likely to happen or even called for at this point.
Any GM that replaces Treliving will make mistakes, on that you can be assured. So why replace the one we have? This thread is full of recycled complaints; the Hamonic trade, not acquiring an elite C, not acquiring an elite G sooner, terrible coaching hires, etc etc. None of it matters.
What does matter is what Treliving does over the next 12-16 months. I hope it starts this week with selling off some expiring assets for draft picks/currency. A popular, but shortsighted, complaint is Treliving deals too many picks. Well, maybe he can flip the script this time around.