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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
IMO there is evidence that owners confidence in BT is waning and they may be involving themselves more in major decisions.
Maybe they are considering replacing him. Maybe they are seeing who is out there. Maybe they want to reflect on the best path forward and until they make a final decision they want to keep a tighter rein on what the GM is doing.
Those are all reasons explaining why he is still the GM and why he could remain the GM going into next year. You really believe that is so outlandish?
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No, it’s not outlandish at all. I’ve been pretty consistent with my position, I think Treliving has at least this offseason and next year to correct course. If the team misses the playoffs next year, I can easily see his tenure coming to an end. It would also be consistent with how/when most GM’s are relieved from their duties, with one year left (not two) on their contract.
if ownership is taking away Treliving’s autonomy to make decisions, then I would question why he is still the GM. 2+ years is a long time to be a lame duck GM. If they were going to fire him, they should have done it when Sutter was hired, which would have worked well for the people who are say the owners hired Sutter, not Treliving. This would have also provided the new GM to ‘see what he has’ which is something nearly every GM wants from the outset. That way the new GM would be in a much better position to make changes to the roster this offseason.