Confirmed with Link: Danny Briere named assistant TO the regional manager

[tictactoe]

So he was serving drinks and now he is a special assistant.. Yo, this piece of shit Holmgren and his never ending bs. Watch as they will f up Giroux trade.

 

[Rebels57]

You can really tell who pays no attention to the rest of the league. Briere is very highly thought of and if he didn’t get an assistant GM job here soon, it would be somewhere else.

I have no issue with Briere yet, but there is absolutely no reason for Chuckles to still be here.

 

[TheKingPin]

Haha I like the thread title.

 

[freakydallas13]

Best career move for Briere would be to get experience here, then peace out to a non-dysfunctional franchise and never look back.

 

[Flybynite]

It makes sense he'd be a special assistant though since the Flyers front office are def riding the short bus.

 

[Ironmanrulez]

So they official say he has supported the way in the last days, weeks, months?

same as it ever was!

 

[TH1Pool]

Oh look.... another former player handed a job they aren't qualified for.

Just my humble opinion, but "how well someone can GM" should be the primary consideration when hiring a GM.

Good point. I guess we’ve fallen so far that at this point, I feel like nothing can be worse…and at least he’s someone I don’t dislike. Maybe I should set my standards higher. I’m just all outta hope.

 

[IronMarshal]

The fact that Hextall has seemingly been the only one to be fired & let go by the organization in the 20+ years speaks volume to the current state of the franchise. This organization values ball washing more than it does actually competency at the job.

When you are with a team that perennially doesn’t make the playoffs, this is an important skill set. The golfing season is longer for non playoff clubs.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

#sameasiteverwas....

so the cycle continues...

#oldboysclub4life

 

[Flyerfan4life]

that film in its unrated version is a 11/10

 

[Embiid]

Knave Scott and the rest of the Cronarchy need to take off their Oculus VR goggles....

 

[dats81]

What is this... a promotion, a punishment, Chuck on the short leash or do they believe that they strengthen his position by adding Briere???

 

[Amorgus]

This is all I can think of with this announcement.

 

[Embiid]

Too many cooks in the kitchen if you ask me. The regime needs a purge not a surge...

 

[Curufinwe]

When you are with a team that perennially doesn’t make the playoffs, this is an important skill set. The golfing season is longer for non playoff clubs.

Are you thinking of his previous team Buffalo? This will be the first time the Flyers missed the playoffs twice in a row since 1994.

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[BrindamoursNose]

I recently saw that Justin Williams is in the same role for the Carolina Hurricanes

How fun

 

[BiggE]

And thus it came to be that the great Keith Allen begat Robert Clarke, and the, not nearly as great as Allen, Clarke begat the thoroughly shitgarbage Cuck Fletcher and then the shitgarbage Cuck Fletcher begat the much too cute Daniel Briere.

And the pain and suffering blanketed the WF center and all that the people heard was the counting of money and the grim laughter of the evil one, Dave Scott.

 

[BiggE]

Danny isn't the only one getting a "special" tag today.

If they’re all special then no one is really special.

 

[BiggE]

The fact that Hextall has seemingly been the only one to be fired & let go by the organization in the 20+ years speaks volume to the current state of the franchise. This organization values ball washing more than it does actually competency at the job.

Welp, no one washes more useless nuts than JJ and Jonesy, so the math checks out

 

[BiggE]

#sameasiteverwas....

so the cycle continues...

#oldboysclub4life

 

[Crescent Street]

I think some of us called this happening a little while ago. If Danny B has found a way to channel his on ice heroics into GMing a professional hockey club in the near future, then that at least would bring a modicum of hope. Reading through some comments and I think the immediate write-off is overtly pessimistic, although understandable why one would feel this way given the state of the team.

 

[BiggE]

I think some of us called this happening a little while ago. If Danny B has found a way to channel his on ice heroics into GMing a professional hockey club in the near future, then that at least would bring a modicum of hope. Reading through some comments and I think the immediate write-off is overtly pessimistic, although understandable why one would feel this way given the state of the team.

Folks would probably feel different if Briere wasn’t reporting to Cuck. The same jackasses, Cuckles and Davyboy Scott, are still running the shitshow

 

[Rebels57]

I think some of us called this happening a little while ago. If Danny B has found a way to channel his on ice heroics into GMing a professional hockey club in the near future, then that at least would bring a modicum of hope. Reading through some comments and I think the immediate write-off is overtly pessimistic, although understandable why one would feel this way given the state of the team.

Not many are writing off Briere, but adding Briere doesn't make a difference with Chuckles and the Geriatrics still calling the shots.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

I'm honestly not that concerned about Briere as a potential new GM when Chuck is ousted. There's good GMs and bad GMs for sure, but the good ones have to come from somewhere. For a while the concern was that older GMs that were good are good no longer because the NHL has changed. AZ tried something by hiring a pretty much non-hockey guy who was analytically inclined. Other places have gone with former players, etc. Will be Briere be good? Who knows? But honestly hiring a GM is a crapshoot. We all thought Hextall was great until he wasn't. We all hated Homer and it turned out he was the greatest GM possibly in the history of the NHL. You just never know.

 

[Domino666]

When Danny B is the GM hopefully he has Sakic’s number and talks to him a lot, at the least a trade for G