Fallschirmyager
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The undermining sure seemed mutual. McPhee ducked 'talking about individuals' when asked questions about Ovechkin & Oates because he didn't want to say anything negative. He praised Hunter and Boudreau in other responses. Oates not 'making it work' was part of why GMGM was fired so maybe that's all it is. Still, Ted trumping up Oates 'knowing the market' always raised a red flag for me.As far as I know, the "rumors" have been suggested by one person and without any kind of substantiation. Oates undermining him doesn't mean he wasn't his pick (I suck at pronouns).
http://www.monumentalnetwork.com/videos/george-mcphee-4-28-14
The undermining sure seemed mutual. McPhee ducked 'talking about individuals' when asked questions about Ovechkin & Oates because he didn't want to say anything negative. He praised Hunter and Boudreau in other responses. Oates not 'making it work' was part of why GMGM was fired so maybe that's all it is. Still, Ted trumping up Oates 'knowing the market' always raised a red flag for me.
Maybe it's not true...it's just very believable given all that's out there when it comes to ownership influence. If he was their hire then firing him now rather than waiting suggests they are prepared to change at some level at least. They could certainly use a clean slate from top to bottom and the sort of reset GMGM hinted at being necessary two years ago.
Raises hand.What kind of sad patsy stays in a situation like that for 17 years of his adult life? It strikes me as a reach.
Raises hand.
I'd do it for half McPhee's salary.
What kind of sad patsy stays in a situation like that for 17 years of his adult life? It strikes me as a reach.
http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/...right-says-mcphee/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs
"“Obviously I did something right because we won a lot of division titles and everything else."
30 teams in the NHL. League-mandated parity. Zero stanley cups. In 17 years. And he's waxing poetic about Division Titles. You'll win one or two of those with a trained monkey as a GM 17 years deep into the job. There's only 30 teams for god sakes, do the math.
And the next line he gets real, with what ownership hired him to do as a GM:
" The building’s full."
And that's all the owner wanted; that and playoff revenue. He couldn't get the latter this time so he's gone.
17 years of mediocrity.
Raises hand.
I'd do it for half McPhee's salary.
I think its really easy to bash a gm for never winning a Stanley Cup. the vast majority of gm's in any sports league never win one. look at david poile. he was good enough at his job and highly thought of enough that he was named gm of the USA Olympic hockey team. he's been working as a gm since rod langway was young. he has zero cups. I wouldn't call him mediocre. no would I say that about McPhee or the Caps.
oh....and the building being sold out for 7 years or something is a pretty big deal.
Cooper rumors + Oates subverting McPhee harder than Nolan subverted Regier
I think its really easy to bash a gm for never winning a Stanley Cup. the vast majority of gm's in any sports league never win one. look at david poile. he was good enough at his job and highly thought of enough that he was named gm of the USA Olympic hockey team. he's been working as a gm since rod langway was young. he has zero cups. I wouldn't call him mediocre. no would I say that about McPhee or the Caps.
oh....and the building being sold out for 7 years or something is a pretty big deal.
Half the league sells out now.
Finally watched GMGMs exit press conference. Very classy. Very positive on the prospect pipeline being improved.
He wouldn't talk about Oates, but had praise for Dale and Bruce. Pretty telling.
Oh yeah that seem pretty deliberate. Makes wonder who really picked the coach.
I think Oates can be a decent coach but needs a good amount more seasoning. The handedness fascination and messing with the goalies were the worst. Puzzling lineup choices/selections also. Yeah the Caps were tight against the cap but still.
“What sells tickets is entertaining hockey and we’ve always tried to play that way. We play an exciting brand of hockey. Because I don’t think hockey should ever be boring,” McPhee said. “I think we can keep playing that style. What you just have to be mindful of is you have to look after the goal, after your own end. And we didn’t do that quite good enough this year, but that’s the way you win.
McPhee has been nothing but class since he got fired and people here still are raging at him.
He admits to what he did, takes all the blame.
Give it break already. It's over. New era now
It's clear GMGM never build the defense or went after the Prongers or Charas out there because he didn't believe they were special, talented or necessary. Amazing.
That doesn't make any sense. Those are the skilled defensemen whom he would go after under that philosophy. He's also right that in saying you can't teach people offensive skill, but you can teach them defense. The problem is he never set things up so that teaching would actually occur, and that's even more of a failure if he considered it a goal.