The Official Pierre "high five" Dorion Thread | Part II

[NyQuil]

Dorion just really gets on my nerves. He's such a try-hard.

What was the point of this conference?

Meh, they asked all the questions on everyone's minds and we got very predictable answers.

 

[Cosmix]

Just last night I was thinking about this whole situation and was coming to the same conclusion. I mean based on the talk from both the coach and the players over this loosing streak it just didn't feel to me like Boucher had lost the room...and that the problem might be management/ownership instead. Sucks for Boucher though if this is really the case as he's probably the one to take the fall anyway, and you'd think the players would realize that...but if it's really perceived as being that bad by the players...what else are they supposed to do as far as protesting? Crazy times.
Although there is a rumor out there now that Melnyk has indeed sold the team so if that is the case, maybe the players will start playing better...one can hope.

Players do not play badly because of the owner. Players get paid handsomely by the owner and want to play well in order to get a lucrative contract when their current contract expires. Playing poorly reduces the AAV of their next contract. Players are not stupid fools.

 

[Very Stable Genius]

Dorion just really gets on my nerves. He's such a try-hard.

What was the point of this conference?

To say a whole lot without saying or doing a whole lot.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Meh, they asked all the questions on everyone's minds and we got very predictable answers.

What was the point of this though? Just seems like Pierre from Orleans wanted to get in front of the cameras.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

He took responsibility .. which is good

 

[NyQuil]

What was the point of this though? Just seems like Pierre from Orleans wanted to get in front of the cameras.

Well, if he didn't, people would continue to say that he was hiding.

 

[Cloud]

Players do not play badly because of the owner. Players get paid handsomely by the owner and want to play well in order to get a lucrative contract when their current contract expires. Playing poorly reduces the AAV of their next contract. Players are not stupid fools.

really?...then explain the Ballard years...

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Players do not play badly because of the owner. Players get paid handsomely by the owner and want to play well in order to get a lucrative contract when their current contract expires. Playing poorly reduces the AAV of their next contract. Players are not stupid fools.

If you're working for a company that has terrible ownership, your work is likely to be less than optimal.

 

[pepty]

Murray meddled too much with the coaches, Dorion has gone too far in the other direction and defers too much.,

 

[Karl Prime]

So considering the team is basically out of it now .... we're going to see the young guys by mid-January?

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Well, if he didn't, people would continue to say that he was hiding.

People are saying that?

And he's still hiding more or less. He didn't really say anything constructive aside from the same tired clichés we've heard a million times. I didn't get any sort of satisfaction from this conference. Did you?

 

[Very Stable Genius]

So considering the team is basically out of it now .... we're going to see the young guys by mid-January?

Not if Boucher is still here.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

He took responsibility .. which is good

He probably shouldn't, with more and more info coming out about how awful Melnyk is.

 

[Uchiha]

Dorion thinks he's a genius. Can't wait until this clown is fired.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

He probably shouldn't, with more and more info coming out about how awful Melnyk is.

He likes his job,,, If he has that much of a problem w Melnyk he should quit

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Dorion gives horrible interviews. He's smug as they come

 

[BigRig4]

It's wild how bad our managers have been at evaluating D since like 2008.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Dorion thinks he's a genius. Can't wait until this clown is fired.

At this point it doesn't even matter. No reputable GM would want to work under this ownership.

 

[justafan22]

At this point it doesn't even matter. No reputable GM would want to work under this ownership.

Imagine they hire nonis

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Dorion gives horrible interviews. He's smug as they come

I don't see it as smugness. I see it as false bravado.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

I think he came out and tried to calm the very turbulent waters...
I still think he's over his head... but that's my opinion.
I agree with the stance he is taking at this time....He said all the right things imo

 

[bert]

I don’t think the Hunt Group has the $750 million USD needed to buy the Sens. I think he’d be great for the group on a local level, but the Sens are an international product and I think this franchise on the next ownership change needs a larger vision and deeper pockets.

Ottawa has to get onto a blue chip financial standard. For the franchise to truely grow the new owners need the money necessary to assure the fanbase they aren’t the Winnipeg Jets of the East, the new owners need to be in it for larger reasons then ‘keeping the team in Ottawa.’

No more saviours, the fans don’t need and don’t want another saviour. We want a sugar daddy. Someone who can roll with EK.

Its not just Jeff Hunt, its a group of buyers including the Desmarais family.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Its not just Jeff Hunt, its a group of buyers including the Desmarais family.

Nowhere is there mention of Desmarais in Liam’s article.

 

[NyQuil]

And he's still hiding more or less. He didn't really say anything constructive aside from the same tired clichés we've heard a million times. I didn't get any sort of satisfaction from this conference. Did you?

A local amateur tweets about the Senators being sold and it ends up circumnavigating the globe and even ends up as a question during the presser.

Everything always gets blown out of proportion.

I don't expect anything interesting to come from a mouthpiece of the organization. They're probably not doing their job right if there is.

The Brian Burke style of GMing is counterproductive IMO.

Now, I have my issues with Dorion, certainly, but this presser wasn't one of them.

I'm thinking it's Boucher's job to show a little emotion.

 

[BondraTime]

Nowhere is there mention of Desmarais in Liam’s article.

I don't believe bert is basing anything off the article. It's been rumoured Desmarais has been involved for a while, I suspect he knows/heard of it through the people he usually hears things from.