Confirmed with Link: Francis out as GM - Don Waddell named GM 5/8/18

[Navin R Slavin]

So, are you Ronnie's agent, then? Don't you have something better to do than harass fans of your client's former team?

 

[Lempo]

I should hope not; it's a high profile client and directing of the public perception on the matter should be a high priority task.

I for one at least am eager to play the role of aggravated mob bestowed upon me.

Boo, boo! Down with this sort of thing!

 

[StormCast]

Perhaps Jeff O'Neill, as a representative of the Hurricanes franchise, should instead be embarrassed of his several DUI arrests. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

Upon further reflection and analysis, I remember him being arrested for public urination too.

Any else care to offer urinalysis?

 

[tarheelhockey]

O'Neill is a pot stirrer. Not worth any handwringing over I don't think. Anyway I'd be surprised if he has more than a fuzzy memory of his time in Raleigh- he couldn't have been sober for much of it.

I'm more annoyed by the N&O giving him a forum for that kind of outburst by publishing what amounts to a hit piece on the team. And it's not the first time they've done that sort of thing in the past couple of months. Wonder if there's some sort of relationship issue there.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

When I was growing up, our family happened to be family friends with the Wallin family, due to my sister being friends with Nic’s daughter.

Easily a third of the overall stories I got to hear about life as a Hurricane revolved around what a ****ty dude O’Neill was.

I wonder how he manages to keep working in broadcasting then. It’s not like he’s so good people would look past him being an ahole.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

I'm more annoyed by the N&O giving him a forum for that kind of outburst by publishing what amounts to a hit piece on the team. And it's not the first time they've done that sort of thing in the past couple of months. Wonder if there's some sort of relationship issue there.

You think every local rag doesn't do this?

The easiest way to generate clicks is HOT TAEK. No journalism required!

Most reporters used to be at least a step up from bloggers. Even that's not true at this point.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

I wonder how he manages to keep working in broadcasting then. It’s not like he’s so good people would look past him being an ahole.

Nothing at stake in broadcasting. So what if you get drunk and look stupid on the air? So what if you're not there for the weekly meeting? No one cares.

 

[tarheelhockey]

You think every local rag doesn't do this?

The easiest way to generate clicks is HOT TAEK. No journalism required!

Most reporters used to be at least a step up from bloggers. Even that's not true at this point.

True, but there's been a bit of a heel turn by the N&O over the past few months. Even with Luke throwing the occasional dart, they used to be soft as hell on the Canes.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

True, but there's been a bit of a heel turn by the N&O over the past few months. Even with Luke throwing the occasional dart, they used to be soft as hell on the Canes.

I think it's just an easy target. Period of high uncertainty, the mainstream hockey press is currently talking endless shit, missed the playoffs for nine years running, and relocation is no longer the reliable clickbait story it once was.

The "easy target" theory makes more sense to me personally than the "editorial policy" theory, which is pretty much absent from newspapers in general these days.

 

[AD Skinner]

I wonder how he manages to keep working in broadcasting then. It’s not like he’s so good people would look past him being an ahole.

I imagine that's exactly WHY he keeps a job in broadcasting. He gets people talking/clicking/watching with his antics and the bosses are happy

 

[tarheelhockey]

I imagine that's exactly WHY he keeps a job in broadcasting. He gets people talking/clicking/watching with his antics and the bosses are happy

That’s exactly what it is.

Not everybody is willing to look like a total dumbass in front of the entire world.

Jeff O’Neill not only does it professionally, he does it for free in his spare time.

 

[AD Skinner]

I'm still going to wear my old O'Neill jersey every game I go to though

 

[Canes]

Jeff O'Neill is a dunce. I prefer to forget he played for the Canes. Anson Carter is held in higher esteem as a former Canes player to me.

 

[TheBigKahuna]

O neill tries to forget his time as a Cane too. He's been a lifelong Leaf in his mind. Unless he sobers up long enough to recall something to moan about.

 

[SlavinAway]

Any chance Tulsky gets the GM spot? Any thoughts on that possibility?

 

[RibFrabcus]

Any chance Tulsky gets the GM spot? Any thoughts on that possibility?

[tweet]

 

[GoldiFox]

Tulsky was working in Applied Nanoscience in California a few years ago. He’s a soft spoken and humble guy who turned his hobby (iirc of which he was a Flyers fan more interested in the data side than the hockey side) into a job. He’s not fit to be the GM of a NHL Franchise, he’s perfect for the job he’s in.

 

[Canes]

Tulsky needs to work his way up through the front office ranks and prove himself in lesser roles before even being considered as a GM candidate. And who knows, he might just be happy working in the role he's already in.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Tulsky was working in Applied Nanoscience in California a few years ago. He’s a soft spoken and humble guy who turned his hobby (iirc of which he was a Flyers fan more interested in the data side than the hockey side) into a job. He’s not fit to be the GM of a NHL Franchise, he’s perfect for the job he’s in.

It's like having a guy who's a perfect 4C. You don't put that guy on the first line just because he did a great job on the PK.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

It's like having a guy who's a perfect 4C. You don't put that guy on the first line just because he did a great job on the PK.

Unless you are Bill Peters and that 4C is Derek Ryan.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Unless you are Bill Peters and that 4C is Derek Ryan.

Don't be ridiculous, Derek Ryan can't PK.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

It's like having a guy who's a perfect 4C. You don't put that guy on the first line just because he did a great job on the PK.

So you're saying LaRose will be our new GM?

 

[Lempo]

It's like having a guy who's a perfect 4C. You don't put that guy on the first line just because he did a great job on the PK.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Don't be ridiculous, Derek Ryan can't PK.

He's doing it for Team USA. Now that Peters knows that, you can bet he'll be doing it in Calgary. Plus he's gaining chemistry with Gaudreau. It's only a matter of time.

 

[RodTheBawd]

Skinner has been holding DR back this whole time. Johnny Hockey will allow him to shine.