stop yourself please. negotiating business deals is literally what I do for a living I know what negotiations are like im not a 18 year old kid looking for a raise at Subway
this is not that.
this guy didn't want the job. we went to him. he told everyone he didn't want the job. we went BACK to him offered more. still didn't want the job. went back and offered him even more and its still not finalized who knows why. now we're hearing he's not even our first choice.
He didn't want to leave BU. he has no real nhl experience and quite frankly hasn' t done much of anything at the college level or the pro level. yet he's dictating terms like he's Jack Parker coming to the NHL. he's done absolutely NOTHING at any level to be trying to bend the Rangers over for a major contract which if we felt he was worth it in the first place we would have offered it to him. AV got 5 years 10 mil because he was AV he earned that. wasn't hard to get that one done. this guy thinks he's mike babcock.
So many wrong or unsubstantiated assumptions in this:
1. "this guy didn't want the job". No, this guy did not want to lose his dream job. Big difference. Because if things do not work out with the Rangers, BC head-coaching position (again - his dream job) will not be waiting for him.
2. "he has no real nhl experience and quite frankly hasn't done much of anything at the college or the the pro level" . Gorton said it himself that NHL head coaching experience was not part of his requirement. The requirement was ability to develop prospects, command respect and attention of the locker room and ability to grow with the team. Hasn't done much? Frankly you should leave this assessment to Gorton and Co.
3. Trying to bend the Rangers over for a major contract which
if we felt he was worth it in the first place we would have offered it to him. Wow!!!!???? And you say you work requires understanding of negotiations (really?) Do you also always comes in to negotiations with your best offer?
4. What Babcock who's salary is more than twice as big has to do with anything? Flyers just recently made a pretty comparable offer to pry a college head coach. How come you just ignoring it?