Hoss said:
What would be the advantage to firing Goodenow? Better to keep him on, IMHO. His advice about the lockout may not have been the best way to proceed but ultimately the responsibility lies with the players. His contract will be up before the new CBA expires. The PA has to pay him one way or the other, might as well make him work for it. He may fall on his sword anyway and resign.
I agree with the above post and the preceding ones.
Besides this latest fiasco, Goodenow has got his members where they are today. Even in a hard, low cap environment, his members stand to make far more money that they could have collectively in 1994.
He did a good job with the last CBA, and did a good job orchestrating the increase in salaries through the sharing of information, pressuring agents, etc etc etc. It would be a disservice to feed him to the wolves.
I personally hate what he has enabled a few idiotic owners, players, and agents to do to my game, but there's no denying he has done his job for his members. If the current player percentage of player salaries/revenue was 50% instead of 76%, the players wouldn't be looking at a cap in the thirties.
It is simply fustrating that he fought this war like the last one and expected to win. This will be his legacy, and it will not be one that is cherished by anyone except his own financial adviser.