I thought I recognized the name, Rob Facca. Assuming it's the same guy, he played in my hometown (Aylmer, On. town of 6,000ppl) for the Aylmer Aces in the mid 90's. (Jr B (1 rank below OHL)). I was 10, and looked up to him at the time.
Norm was supposedly McD's guy in the Hockey Brain Trust. He was his mouthpiece in the GMs office. This is some corporate drama Mad Men style.
Don't insult an influencer like thatMusto is basically a less demented KBIB
Wasn’t Ryan Stewart the video coach they made an assistant coach after Savard replaced Yawney that had no business having the position but the Hawks went cheap?
The eight members who were removed from the team's website included pro scouts Derek Booth, Greg Hawgood, Steve Leach, Michael Mottau, Allan Power and Tom Younghans, player development coach Derek Plante and Rockford IceHogs/European strength and conditioning coach Kristian Skarphagen.
From the Athletic, via Scott Powers
Looks like Norm Maciver got a demotion, curious what will happen in the off-season.
- Norm Maciver went from assistant general manager to vice president of player personnel.
- Kyle Davidson went from assistant to the general manager to assistant general manager of hockey administration.
- Mark Eaton went from director of player development to assistant general manager of player development.
- Ryan Stewart went from vice president of pro scouting to assistant general manager of pro scouting.
- Mike Doneghey went from head USA scout to director of player evaluation and recruitment.
- Pierre Gauthier went from director of player personnel to senior advisor of player personnel.
- Barry Smith went from director of player evaluation to senior advisor of player personnel.
- Ron Anderson went from director of player recruitment to senior advisor of player recruitment.
- Rob Facca went from amateur scout to head USA scout.
Can't wait for the follow ups to this story.
Can we expect much more this summer or will they take it easy on the overhaul?