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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
I think you’d have to be hit in the head with that rock to not acknowledge the mixed messages in the media and then work from historical trends. We’re trading Hanifin… no, we’re signing Hanifin… no, we’re pulling the offer off the table and trading Hanifin… no, we’re resigning Hanifin… no, we have no idea what we’re doing because we’re only two points out of the playoffs! This is an organization that will do anything to make the playoffs and earn some of that playoff cheddar. They’ve been this way for decades so it’s not like we’re going off script here. Until they break the trend doing the same things over and over again, that remains their expected behavior. They can say all the crap they want in the media but until they step up and do something different they are just blowing smoke.
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Then why worry about it until they do something (agree with your point). Being negative, or positive about anything right now makes no sense. Judge them (Conroy) on actions. Analyzing what's being said, not said, changed statements is 100% smoke, bad or good. As fans we never know what the intent is behind any message put out to public, what factors they might be mitigating against, what they are trying to accomplish, how much or little of their hand they are showing when they make statements.
This is not a critique of Conroy, but he's has yet to lift any of his big rocks since getting the job. I guess, that's not true, he's hired his coach, but outside of that, it's been fairly minor moves, which so far don't look bad. But for anyone to be upset, or happy with direction of this team until we see what he does (or doesn't do) with big expiring pieces (Lindholm, Hanifin and Tanev) is crazy. It's one thing not to be optimistic about what you think will happen, but basically saying I hold the right to miserable until proven otherwise seems crazy. Trade deadline is coming up, I know it's hard as a fan to be in a waiting pattern, but that's where we are. Conroy hasn't done anything of substance yet, so why get upset about it until he does?