You’re certainly entitled to defend the hiring of Larsen. Others here have as well. But at least use some valid logic in your response to my post. Players not wishing to stay with no answers as to why, being in a situation where people are calling for a tank, some asking for Jarmo to be fired, reports of dysfunction in the locker room (reports I believe),etc - is that your definition of a healthy organization?
If the players won't say why they want(ed) is that really on the organization/FO? How are they supposed to make changes if players(looking at you Dubois) won't say why they wanted out. If Jones and before him Panarin, want out, it's their right to. If we give Panarin a pass because he just really wanted to go to NY and was forced here in a trade, well than the same thing applies to Jones. Jones didn't get bridged and hardballed, he signed a long term deal to stay here until he was UFA. This is a business, both the players and management understand it. It's the fans the get attached and overreact to everything. Jarmo preaches taking full advantage of everything in the CBA and he fully understands that it goes both ways. Maybe there's a massive problem in the organization that nobody can pin down. Or maybe Jones is just a human being with wants and needs, and just maybe he wants to take advantage of one of, if not the biggest decisions he'll ever make in his entire life.
Who in the organization is asking for Jarmo to be fired? All I've heard of are those here who want him out for whatever reason of the week is. What reports of disfunction in the locker room? The players leadership group who were unhappy with Laines play? Ya know the same group of guys who were sitting next to Laine and the same group of leaders who vouch for Larsen? When someone like Cam speaks up for the guy, personally I'm gonna listen to what he has to say. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I value those who are actually involved in the organization and apart of the discussions far beyond any analyst's or HF members say.
So far only fans have called for the tank, I haven't heard of anyone in the org or any talking heads call for a tank. So I take that with a grain of salt. I mean FFS there's Avs fans wanting to tear it all down because they can't get past the 2nd round.
Everyone is titled to their opinion but literally nobody on the boards is in those meetings and absolutely nobody here has any idea what Larsen's vision is or any of the moves that Jarmo/JD want to make.
Man I forgot how insufferable the boards get in the offseason after a losing season. This post wasn't necessarily aimed directly at you Moe, we generally see things the same way. More just venting at the how tiring the boards have become the last few months.
