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Despite what Benning’s Nephew may tell you,
Who? Matt Benning? Or you making stuff up?
Despite what Benning’s Nephew may tell you,
I'm sorry, do you actually believe that any scrutiny or criticisms of the current regime are without merit??
RMB.Who on my ignore list are you guys engaging with? This thread reads like Banksy put it through a shredder.
RMB.
Not troll accounts. These are paid people. They are paid to spread the message. And if you don't think it is possible, check the number of new users on this Canucks subforum after someone on management gives a big interview.You’d think people would have better ways to spend their time over making troll accounts.
You’d think people would have better ways to spend their time over making troll accounts.
Not troll accounts. These are paid people. They are paid to spread the message. And if you don't think it is possible, check the number of new users on this Canucks subforum after someone on management gives a big interview.
I don't understand.
What does 2011 have to do with Jim Benning being incompetent?
You seriously think its lack of analysis on the part of the people who don't want Benning here?
Ofcourse it comes from genuine concern about the direction the team’s headed in. This claim makes no sense on any level.
To me it just strikes odd that you would side with a person in charge of the team instead of the team it self, and put your reputation on line just to spin every single thing to fit the image you are trying to paint.
What are those criticisms that don't stand up to scrutiny?
What a weird interview. Aquilini spent a lot of time preaching patience, and then also at one point said the team could become "very good very quickly". Hard to know what he's really thinking.
Those two statements are entirely consistent with each other.
A team can be patient, like the Leafs were for example, then win the lottery or draft a grand slam homerun pick and that pick alone could cause the team to just click and become very good very quickly.
To make the example more concrete I'll use the Canucks. We could be patient for the next year or two, then draft someone like Jack Hughes or Alexis Lafreniere, and they might make such a big immediate impact that the team becomes very good very quickly due to our other prospects (which are collectively rated extremely highly) also graduating at the same time.
Again, nothing inconsistent with that. I'm not accusing you of this but I feel like a lot of people here, due to their significant bias associated with being big fans of Mike Gillis (the guy Mr. Aquilini fired), are very likely to misinterpret Mr. Aquilini's words into putting a negative context on them when, in fact, everything he said today was extremely positive and should give every fan some relief that the ship is headed in the right direction and excitement that we're lucky enough to have such a passionate owner.
i can see that a pr firm might maintain a bunch of reddit accounts. those would be valuable to have available for many clients. the idea that someone would pay someone to post lengthy opinions here is farfetched though. it's not as if rmb is changing minds here. there is no pr value in paying someone to be insulted and patronized constantly.
Seems pretty far fetched but we see this play out on social media and message boards - especially when it comes to political parties. As far as sports go, yes, there was a scandal in Italy a few years ago where many users defending management/owners and attacking critics were linked to the AC Milan club.
? What have you changed your mind on? this just reads like Backfire effect - RationalWiki ...
If it was about the direction the franchise is headed then people should be praising Benning right now. Every knowledgeable and respected hockey mind has been talking about how the future is bright in Vancouver. So why do certain posters here act like the franchise is doomed? Why do these posters so often turn out to be the same posters who admit they “hated Jim Benning from his first press conference” which is the rejection of any possibility of a fair analysis of Benning’s body of work.
Why do these posters so often turn out to be the same posters who admit they “hated Jim Benning from his first press conference” which is the rejection of any possibility of a fair analysis of Benning’s body of work.
Could you please list these posters and (if possible) provide a quote of them admitting this? I cant really remember any who hated Benning right from the get go.
This feels like I would have to start explaining someone Roman history by first convincing someone that Rome actually existed.
I don't think Im up to the task.
Lets just say building a cup contender is far more then just hitting on ½ of your top10 overalls.
Welp, if anyone was wondering whether Francesco was an intelligent businessman who earned his fortune or a trust fund baby with severely poor judgement and decision making skills, I think this answers the question.
The thing I find funny is that he was so desperate for playoff revenue that he refused to greenlight a rebuild under Gillis, yet he’s pissed away more than he would’ve earned even if we made the playoffs every year in bad Benning contracts.
Had he just allowed the rebuild to go forward, he would’ve actually saved money on bad contracts, still missed the playoffs the same amount of times, but would have a strong roster of young players ready to start making the playoffs and earning him even more money.
It’s a lesson in how shortsightedness can cost you in the long term if you don’t look at things from the right perspective.
Building a hockey team is mostly drafting in this new NHL and Benning’s hit rate is as good as it gets.
So you're telling me he is closer to Fredo than Michael?Welp, if anyone was wondering whether Francesco was an intelligent businessman who earned his fortune or a trust fund baby with severely poor judgement and decision making skills, I think this answers the question.
He whiffed on JV & OJ. Nailed EP & BB.
If he is going to struggle with his trades and pro-scouting in general like he has so far, he needs to be better than average at the draft.
If it was about the direction the franchise is headed then people should be praising Benning right now. Every knowledgeable and respected hockey mind has been talking about how the future is bright in Vancouver. So why do certain posters here act like the franchise is doomed? Why do these posters so often turn out to be the same posters who admit they “hated Jim Benning from his first press conference” which is the rejection of any possibility of a fair analysis of Benning’s body of work.
Preaching patience and giving out big contracts for FA, saying they have an exciting group of prospects they need to develop and signing veterans which take away spots in the lineup where they could develop properly, saying they are in a rebuild (finally) and the net worth of this regime is negative regarding picks... should I continue?
But if you want to more, please have some fun in the Lindenning Quotes Twitter handle. They have even more stand up material.
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Aquilini "knew" we had 2 prospects in the cupboard, therefore he knew we had to rebuild, but Benning made plenty of moves early on that did not support that whatsoever. You'd think if you're hiring someone for a job that he'd agree with your vision of the future.