Assistant GM Mike Santos relieved of duties effective immediately

[ProjectPanthers]

Per GR

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[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Santos Relieved of Duties

George Richards @GeorgeRichards
#FlaPanthers have relieved assistant GM Mike Santos of his duties effective immediately. Dale Tallon wants to go in 'different direction'

George Richards @GeorgeRichards
With Dale Tallon scouting, former AGM Mike Santos was with #FlaPanthers during recent west coast trip. Told about job Tuesday morning.

George Richards @GeorgeRichards
Dale Tallon brought AGM Mike Santos in for second tour w/ #FlaPanthers in 2010. Had been hockey ops/counsel w/ FLA and DHOps w/ Preds

That's completely out of nowhere

 

[FlaPanthers11]

Whoa

 

[EnforceTheLaus]

@GeorgeRichards: #FlaPanthers have relieved assistant GM Mike Santos of his duties effective immediately. Dale Tallon wants to go in 'different direction'




I wonder if that has to do with SA's sucsess as well. Bit of a surprise.

 

[Panthersfan1989]

@GeorgeRichards: #FlaPanthers have relieved assistant GM Mike Santos of his duties effective immediately. Dale Tallon wants to go in 'different direction'




I wonder if that has to do with SA's sucsess as well. Bit of a surprise.

Lol the Panthers have all of the rampages PLAYERS!!!! Is robbie Tallas next?

 

[Panthersfan1989]

Guess this means that we dont want to be like nashville?

 

[floridada]

Can the medical staff be next?

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Say goodbye to Horachek

 

[ProjectPanthers]

Say goodbye to Horachek

That's exactly what this means. Harvey is tweeting about what may have led to this decision:

Harvey Fialkov ‏@hfialkov 1m

Santos didn't agree with the Panthers bringing up young players from AHL. Felt that G Jacob Markstrom was mishandled. #FlaPanthers

Harvey Fialkov ‏@hfialkov 2m

Santos was on West Coast trip while Tallon scouted college kids. I recently inquired about Santos and was told it was Tallon's decision.

 

[Panthersfan1989]

Can the medical staff be next?

oh lawl jeeebus plz

 

[EnforceTheLaus]

Lol the Panthers have all of the rampages PLAYERS!!!! Is robbie Tallas next?

Things like the coaching the last 2 seasons and the vets have not really worked out.

Per GR sounds like Markstrom was a point of contention too.

 

[Panthersfan1989]

Markie has not started one game for Van... Even on a few back to back... Looks like they dont trust him.

 

[RCDeltaFixer]

Woah... What does this mean? Dale must be really dedicated to whatever direction he's going in.

 

[Aksu]

Uuuhhhhhhhhh what

 

[Aksu]

Santos: "dale, i dont think the higher end f/a would want to sign here so i think we should try to get guys like redmond, scott, regin, etc."
Tallon: " NO! WE WILL GO FOR VANEK, MOULSON, CALLAHAN, VRBATA, GABORIK, AND MILLER FOR BACKUP!"
Santos: "Dale... Lets be realis-"
Tallon: "GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!"

 

[CHGoalie27]

I HAVE A DREAM

 

[EnforceTheLaus]

I HAVE A DREAM

You know, I wouldn't be surprised. I don't remember who, but I saw on twitter when Yorkman left that the Org was talking to Mess..

 

[ShootIt]

Didnt see that coming.

 

[adam graves]

I HAVE A DREAM

Make graves his assistant and I'm gettin seasons on the glass behind the bench lol

 

[iam76]

Wonder if the med staff is next...

 

[iam76]

Maybe Vinny's son is the new assistant gm

 

[Erick*]

Santos: "Thanks Markstrom"

 

[adam graves]

Rampage has failed for 2 yrs under Santos for whatever reason.

Tallon likely doing Santos a favor so he can find a job.

 

[Aksu]

Santos: "Thanks Markstrom"

Ahhahaha post of the year

 

[Erick*]

I know that the Rampage have failed, but I actually thought that Santos was doing a good job. Granted, I don't know exactly what his job was. However, if he was in charge of AHL trades, it seems like he got good value on a lot of those.

You can't blame Santos for the Rampage's failures, imo. Much like how our NHL team gets even worse with injuries, those same injuries impact the AHL team, as well.

Clearly, Santos priority was the Rampage and Tallon sees the Rampage as nothing more than a farm team, which is the way it should be.

Also, if Santos was on Markstrom's side, I'm glad he's gone. Without the Luongo trade, there would be no reason to watch the Panthers right now.