Cam sounded pretty comfortable and straightforward.
My opinion of Bruins management including Mr. Neely has not changed one bit. I don't care if he or they give a thousand good interviews, they are the problem, Cassidy's success is only masking it as Julien's success once did.
Neely always always always wanted an uptempo team
A plus
Neely said Claude wanted to win 0-0
Bingo
Neely deserves the F for the handling of the press conference
Neely I've heard privately from 2 known media guys once last year and once since the press conference Neely made the Rinaldo deal
Neely needs to support Sweeney but not co GM
One of the two said this is what has happened.
We shall see
Good interview
Neely's not getting any credit for the Julien firing. How come?
Seemed most posters felt Cam & Harry (not quite dead yet) Sinden were forcing it on Sweeney. But I guess if the B's lose 5 in row Neely will get credit again.
The one bad thing about making the playoffs is , we wont get to hear Neely grilled on Felger and Mazz
The last interview was super awkward ... Felger and Mazz those !!??34 ... Were salavating at every opportunity to grill Neely
Now Neely can breath easy... Promoting his pal Sweeney was the right move
“The family legacy is important [to the Jacobses], and Charlie is really doing everything he can in Boston,†says Abramson, the Sportservice president and family friend. “Sure, he wants to please his father. I think anyone would. His father built this business up. His father took over this business when he was 28 years old. That’s a hard act to follow. The chairman, he isn’t going to hug you. But when he lets you do things, that’s the biggest hug he could give you.â€
And what better way to return that embrace, to make Dad proud, than to take the heat that might otherwise be directed at Jeremy Jacobs? What better way than to be the fall guy?
I don’t care what you write about me, but don’t misrepresent my dad.
As the conversation—which will turn out to be our final sit-down—continues, Charlie Jacobs grows increasingly anxious. He asks if I’m sympathetic. I tell him that I don’t think he or his father can win in this town, that the public perception is cemented, that I wouldn’t want to be him. That just makes him more nervous. “Here you go out and paint a story that says, ‘Jacobs can’t win in this city,’†he says. “Isn’t that perpetuating?†He asks to see the story before it comes out, a request no journalist would grant, even though Jacobs swears it’s general practice, and claims that the Globe will show him a story to avoid “confrontations post-publication.†(The paper denies this.) When I refuse, things grow uncomfortable. Finally, Jacobs sighs in resignation. He looks frustrated and defeated and worried, like a man who wants to go off and hide, but can’t.
A few weeks later, during Bruins media day, the team introduces Cam Neely, Bruins hero and critic, as the new vice president. To everyone in attendance, it feels like the team is finally, and rightly, waving the white flag. It feels like Jacobs is about to do what he couldn’t during our conversation—step away from the spotlight. It just makes sense—keep him in town to oversee the operation, to be his father’s point man, but let the universally loved Neely be the face of the Bruins. As one of the team’s all-time greats, Neely had already served in that capacity as a player. When the Globe’s Dupont flat-out asks Neely if he’s ready to take over that role, to be the guy people identify with Bruins hockey, Neely doesn’t hesitate. “Absolutely,†he says.
A few moments later, I approach Jacobs and ask whether he agrees that Neely has just been designated the face of the franchise. He shoots me an incredulous look. “I would be real cautious doing that at this time,†Jacobs says. “We’re going to afford Cam every opportunity possible to be involved in this team. But Cam hasn’t worked for an NHL franchise before. So, while we’ll open doors for him in every aspect, including scouting, both professional and amateur, sitting down and prospecting, drafting, cap management, front office duties, I would be cautious to say that someone who has yet to work in the National Hockey League could come in and be the quote-unquote face of the franchise. That’s a rather large task.â€
Ten years ago when Cam was hired - Charlie Jacobs tried to downplay what Neely brought to the table
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2007/11/charlie-in-charge/
Reading that it sounds like Charlie was not thrilled that Cam had been hired.
10 years later I ask - If the Bruins parted ways with Cam, would any other NHL team hire him? I doubt it.
I never read that article, thanks for posting. It really shows how uncomfortable Charlie Jacobs is in his own skin and with his lot in life. Sounds like he has a lot of angst following in his father's footsteps and he is clearly looking over his shoulder at his father's looming presence. And here we are 10 years later and it doesn't seem anything has changed at all, he hasn't seemed to grow into his role. That was really unsettling to read that piece.
And to answer your question: In my opinion, no Cam Neely wouldn't get hired by any othe NHL franchise period. He's just not cut out for an executive role in any capacity. Rep the team as an alumni? Absolutely. But he's clearly not qualified as management for any other franchise even with whatever experience he's been allowed to have here in Boston.
Ten years ago when Cam was hired - Charlie Jacobs tried to downplay what Neely brought to the table
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2007/11/charlie-in-charge/
Reading that it sounds like Charlie was not thrilled that Cam had been hired.
10 years later I ask - If the Bruins parted ways with Cam, would any other NHL team hire him? I doubt it.
Ten years ago when Cam was hired - Charlie Jacobs tried to downplay what Neely brought to the table
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2007/11/charlie-in-charge/
Reading that it sounds like Charlie was not thrilled that Cam had been hired.
10 years later I ask - If the Bruins parted ways with Cam, would any other NHL team hire him? I doubt it.
What was the point of posting this?
10 years later and the B's have a Cup and another Finals appearance. The role Neely played in those accomplishments is debatable, but he was part of the FO team. Who knows if another team would hire him? Who knows if he would even want to stay in the hockey biz?
Also, I get that it's in vogue to bash Charlie Jacobs, but I don't think his response was out of line. A very inexperienced Neely had just been named to a FO position and CJ was asked by a reporter if Neely was the new "face of the franchise" and he said he would be cautious about it. I probably would have said the same thing.