Sudafederov said:Simmons and Feschuk must be doing a jig
... for some reason I have Church Lady's superior dance in my head, same tone of voice for each of them too...'isn't that special'
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Sudafederov said:Simmons and Feschuk must be doing a jig
Corn Flake said:BlueWhiteBlood said:bustaheims said:TSNBobMcKenzie: Dave Nonis is the next GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Unclear whether that is interim or unconditional appointment.
That would be the most prudent thing to do IMO. Whether he stays or not, I have my doubts, unless of course, Brian had something to do with it.
Definitely the least amount of upheaval possible given we are 3 days from GMs being able to do their jobs.
edit: This is the path that Nonis took when he took over in Van.. Burke was disliked and fired by the new owner, gave Nonis the job.
This is still wacky. Bizarre timing.
Joe S. said:Michael said:Either way, I am glad that the architect of the Phaneuf and Kessel trades is gone. Time to turn the page.
Phaneuf and Kessel are good players, but Burke has himself backed into too much of a corner with them.
How so?
Corn Flake said:BlueWhiteBlood said:bustaheims said:TSNBobMcKenzie: Dave Nonis is the next GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Unclear whether that is interim or unconditional appointment.
That would be the most prudent thing to do IMO. Whether he stays or not, I have my doubts, unless of course, Brian had something to do with it.
Definitely the least amount of upheaval possible given we are 3 days from GMs being able to do their jobs.
edit: This is the path that Nonis took when he took over in Van.. Burke was disliked and fired by the new owner, gave Nonis the job.
This is still wacky. Bizarre timing.
Nik Pollock said:Corn Flake said:If the record justifies it then that is fair, but this should have been done in May/June last year, not 3 days before a completely frantic race to the start of a shortened season gets under way. MLSE would have had 8 months to replace him. Ridiculous to fire him now based on how the last 4 years have gone.
Different owners though. It's not all that uncommon for new ownership to evaluate their new employees and make changes.
Nik Pollock said:Joking aside, I have to say I'm relatively torn on this one. On the one hand, I really liked Brian Burke in the abstract. I think he was a guy who I very much liked having as the public face of the hockey club and who I respected even when I disagreed with.
On the other...his record justifies this. The team is not in a particularly good place and people's dreams of a return to respectability via UFA's and trading for people with terrible contracts is a reflection of the crummy state Burke has left the club in.
Potvin29 said:What was Nonis' first move as Canucks GM after taking over? No reason, just curious. ;D
Potvin29 said:What was Nonis' first move as Canucks GM after taking over? No reason, just curious. ;D
Corn Flake said:Not surprising they would make a change, just making it today is completely ridiculous.
bustaheims said:Potvin29 said:What was Nonis' first move as Canucks GM after taking over? No reason, just curious. ;D
Drafting Cory Schneider.
BlueWhiteBlood said:It would fit with what kind of man Burke is, always seemingly caring of others before himself. I'm sticking with a philosophical difference between Burke and the new ownership.
RedLeaf said:If this firing is based on Burkes record, what can be said to those people who wanted the Leafs to do a long and proper rebuild??
KW Sluggo said:Peter D. said:bustaheims said:I doubt that. In all likelihood, Nonis will be taking over, and he and Burke had a similar visions for the team.
Which would have me even more confused. If you are getting rid of Burke for the team's performance, it doesn't make sense to promote his right-hand man to the position. You'd think they'd undertake a huge cleanse.
But then it could justify some of the posters' beliefs that this isn't hockey related.
The problem with your argument is that it's based on logic.
In the Bizzaro Ballardo world it is axiomatic that despite an abysmal 4 year record, the GM is retained, allowed to sack and replavce the coach (long term contact too) and then is fired days before the start of a lock out delayed and severly truncated season and as evidence of ownership's dissatisfaction with BB's management style and direction, it follows that elevating Nonis is the only course.
Just yesterday I thought MLSE had acted strange by firing the TFC coach and hiring a replacement who will be playing soccer in Britain for the first two months or so of our season.
Today, MLSE showed consistency if nothing else.
Just nuts.
Last year sure: sh*tcan Burke with a mountain of justification ..... but you don't do this, not now.
Potvin29 said:I...uh....well....
damn you.
Corn Flake said:BlueWhiteBlood said:It would fit with what kind of man Burke is, always seemingly caring of others before himself. I'm sticking with a philosophical difference between Burke and the new ownership.
Me too, but the timing.... the timing is just so bizarre. They've had since July to do this. But today?