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Originally Posted by tantrum4
It's not a knee jerk response. I've been reading quite a few of your posts in all the different forums and your message comes across pretty clear to me: everything DL does or has done is wrong or will be wrong. You don't even wait to see what happens, you just blame him right away. DL has never said Frolov is being traded, not going to be re-signed or anyting of the like. All he said was "he's finally playing like he cares", and for some of you, that translated into "he's being traded". He's not the one benching Frolov because of his brutal play of late, that's Murray. And if you think a GM can call down and tell the coach how to do his job you're crazy. So don't act like this is the first negative thing you've ever said on these boards my friend. I just finally got tired of listening and had to put my two cents in.....
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Unlike many others in this forum, I dont accept what I hear from Kings management as the gospel. Maybe you do, but I have been lied to by this organization too many times to take what they say at face value. Beyond that, You obviously havent read very far back. I have agreed with some of DL's moves, challenged him to support his positions on others (yes I do have a line to him), and outright disagreed with more still. (Calder, Preissing, Cloutier, Crawford: these are all good moves in your mind?)
I think we did well out of the Lubo trade, but you werent in the meeting that I was a couple of weeks before the '08 draft when DL placed Lubo on his board with all the boxes and said that his position was filled for many years as Lubo was under contract for that long -- blink your eyes and then he's gone.) I've also paid my bet with DL on Handzus. But even DL knows he screwed up the situation with Cammy and he has admitted it. Worse, the supposed replacement goal scorer for Cammy, Patrick O'Sullivan did not warm to the task and now he's gone too. GM's don't always get it right, but as a paying fan I have the right to expect that they will
So you see, when you judge a man by his
words and deeds, and the words dont always jibe with the deeds, thats when I call him out. When DL doles out his sound bites, that aren't borne out by his subsequent actions, or gives out the AEG party line, I trot out the Schill moniker because it fits.
Is he a genius for hiring TM? NO. I give him far more credit for hiring Harpo, and if you must know ask Jr. (Kings Kid-- who also attended that private meeting) who first suggested to DL that he take a look at Harpo as a coach to hire. (I'll give you a hint: it wasnt YOU)
And if you dont like reading what I have to say, I have one very simple word of advice: DON'T