Kind of an extension of "Will have a new GM at the deadline" poll. Which was an overwhelming no.
I get the feeling that a lot of you think we will have a new GM now. I still think we wont, and will be going into next season with Howson. I don't think there is enough pressure from the fans/media/players to make the owners make a move.
This is a pool of what you THINK will happen not what you want to happen. I am pretty sure all of you want a new GM.
I have absolutely no faith in this organ-eye-zation.
Then join me in refusing to call it by its proper name and henceforth use, simply, organization. (Yes, I actually posted this.)
That said, I voted yes, and not out of some wishful thinking. Rarely do I automatically assume a situation is thus just because of my opinion on it. But I have a funny feeling about how this whole mess was handled, and that it's going to result in X-GMSH.
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"Every game, every point is a necessity." -- Ty Conklin, January 2007
"I'll have a chance to compete for the post of first issue. This is the most important thing." -- Sergei Bobrovsky, June 2012
If the last five years have taught us anything, its that this organization loves to wait until the last possible minute to "do the right thing". They struggled with firing Hitchcock and Arniel, struggled to remake the defense seemingly every year. Just about the only thing they took inititive on was the removal of Jeff Carter and it seems that it took Jeff personally embarassing or snubbing the front office for this to even happen.
Its my opinion that Mike Priest has no interest in shipping out a man that, as its quickly coming to light, does whatever he's told and takes orders well in Scott Howson. At least not yet... When he starts to get called into question, he will roll over on Howson....
Our problems are not something a new GM alone can fix. As long as Mike Priest insists on calling shots in the Hockey department, we will remain steps behind the rest of the league.
I'm not sure. If you asked this 2 weeks ago I would have said absolutely not, but now I'm not sure. I can't see Priest being the President in the off season, but at the same time I also can see them keeping Howson aboard, hopefully they don't think about promoting him to team president.. I'm just not sure, I voted no because I think it is more a 60/40 in favor of him staying, but I think it's 90/10 that Priest is gone.
The real question for me is whether we can get Mike Priest removed. That is a much tougher job.
And that is a move that will have a more drastic impact, in a positive way, than anything else. Priest is the root of the problem. He is the weed. We are the weed killers, united through F.A.N.S. For A New Start at www.jacketsfans.com
Is it the point? No. Does it matter? Yes. It should be option. Yes, No, or don't care. I know I don't care if the new GM is hired by the same people who hired Howson. I am guessing some of the other posters on here feel the same way.
Is it the point? No. Does it matter? Yes. It should be option. Yes, No, or don't care. I know I don't care if the new GM is hired by the same people who hired Howson. I am guessing some of the other posters on here feel the same way.
i agree...w/o Priest being removed, brining in a new GM really isn't going to change any culture or practice that's currently in place...having the same mgmt in place is part of the reason some FAs aren't signing here...they don't want to be a part of the disfunction
Is it the point? No. Does it matter? Yes. It should be option. Yes, No, or don't care. I know I don't care if the new GM is hired by the same people who hired Howson. I am guessing some of the other posters on here feel the same way.
Then feel free not to post or vote. There are plenty of places to have the discussion you're having. (You're "guessing"? I guarantee it. Check nearly every other thread in this forum.)
There could be 5,000 reasons why there might be a new GM by the start of camp. Some of them might even involve what you're suggesting. Or Howson could get hit by a bus. There are as many reasons why there might not be a new GM.
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This is a poll of what you THINK will happen not what you want to happen.
So feel free to vote or post on-topic. Or put the thread on ignore if it offends you so.
Does it really matter if it is the same people hiring the new GM that hired Howson? We need to start with new owners and a new President first.
Great. Thanks. Make it happen since you have the solution. Do you have an extra 100+ million floating around or do you know someone that does that would happily invest in a money losing venture?
