DougieSmash
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- Jan 2, 2009
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No lie, I didn't know that.
I used to work at the country club Ron Francis is a member at and my friend asked him today after his round of golf what he thought about the Mrazek move and he claims Francis said, "I really don't think you want to know my opinion about anything with that organization."
Tell your friend to tell Ron to go **** himself.
Weren't the 76ers routinely criticized by fans and media alike for tanking several years to get top draft picks? Francis actually tried his best to ice a good team most of his tenure here, just he couldn't do it for whatever reasons. So the two teams aren't really similar in that regard.
Also I don't see us going to the conference finals or finishing in the top 4 of the conference anytime soon either.
A lot of those players you named are unproven still as well, so I'm not really seeing the comparison myself. I guess if you extend the success window for the Canes out a few years more than the Sixers, a comparison could eventually be made. But then again, NBA basketball is like my 4th or 5th favorite sport so I'm not the best person to ask.
Yeah, in the 'dark days' of JR, we had a lot of prospects that we were all very convinced would be impact players at the NHL level. Just one more year of seasoning in juniors, just one more year in the AHL- and oh look, Drayson Bowman isn't a thing anymore and NHL 50 goal scorer-to-be Chris Terry is a scrub.
I really don't buy into the the team was in horrific shape and Francis fixed it narrative. Where the rubber hits the road, Francis didn't improve this team's record one iota. He drafted guys like Roy and Gauthier that we all get very excited about but will never play any significant role in the NHL, for the Canes or anyone else. Yeah, he found some hits like Aho. Yeah well, JR found Faulk in the second too. Slavin and Pesce were drafted under JR, not Francis. End of the day, this is about results, and the one major move Francis made, the Darling signing, was a cluster**** of epic proportions.
Since you asked about the Sixers, as someone who is a Philly fan (loved the Flyers before the Whale moved... still like them) I can speak toward the Sixers a little. The goal of "The Process" was 3-fold.Weren't the 76ers routinely criticized by fans and media alike for tanking several years to get top draft picks? Francis actually tried his best to ice a good team most of his tenure here, just he couldn't do it for whatever reasons. So the two teams aren't really similar in that regard.
Also I don't see us going to the conference finals or finishing in the top 4 of the conference anytime soon either.
A lot of those players you named are unproven still as well, so I'm not really seeing the comparison myself. I guess if you extend the success window for the Canes out a few years more than the Sixers, a comparison could eventually be made. But then again, NBA basketball is like my 4th or 5th favorite sport so I'm not the best person to ask.