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Do You Have Confidence in Pierre Dorion as a General Manager?
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First step should be hiring a real President of Hockey Operations. Get a long time well respected hockey man and have him insulate the team from Melnyk. It's the only hope.
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I agree.
If Melnyk is doing the hiring he will simply hire a gm that will do what he wants. I honestly don't see the team improving greatly until Melnyk is gone.
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Why so serious?
Would be interesting if a few of the more “senior” guys in this organization all resigned at same time and/or a few more players demanded a trade. This would send a serious message to the owner. Basically calling his bluff and letting him take fall for all this BS. I am not saying Dorion is a saint but I have a feeling the direction is being decided from “above”... or else.
God no. The saving grace for any GM in a rebuild is that you get draft picks each year and the worse you are the higher the picks. But in terms of building a winning culture, making good trades, putting out a balanced lineup, hiring coaches, signing contracts. I have zero faith in Pierre Dorion.
He seems decent enough at scouting based on the Sens finding talent in later rounds, but IMO that should be as high as he goes in the corporate ladder. And the draft is a crap shoot: he also picked Puempel, Ceci, Lazar, Englund, Cowen etc.
I think it is far easier to hire someone that's a good GM and then let the scouts do the work rather than hire a scout and hope he can do the other GM tasks.
Honestly someone that is as bad at public speaking as Dorion is shouldn't even be in the job in the first place. That's your organizational leader and he sounds like a complete moron. It makes the team look like a joke.
He seems decent enough at scouting based on the Sens finding talent in later rounds, but IMO that should be as high as he goes in the corporate ladder. And the draft is a crap shoot: he also picked Puempel, Ceci, Lazar, Englund, Cowen etc.
I think it is far easier to hire someone that's a good GM and then let the scouts do the work rather than hire a scout and hope he can do the other GM tasks.
Honestly someone that is as bad at public speaking as Dorion is shouldn't even be in the job in the first place. That's your organizational leader and he sounds like a complete moron. It makes the team look like a joke.
No
He's probably the worst GM in the NHL right now. On top of being a terrible GM, he has no backbone and has an extremely condescending view towards the fans and doesn't respect the fanbase.
He's probably the worst GM in the NHL right now. On top of being a terrible GM, he has no backbone and has an extremely condescending view towards the fans and doesn't respect the fanbase.
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BonHoonLayneCornell
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Not even a little bit.
That last interview with Ian was enough for me to write him off completely, what a f***ing douchebag.
That last interview with Ian was enough for me to write him off completely, what a f***ing douchebag.
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Not one bit. He obviously can't manage the relational side of the GM position.
To those that vote no, it is really unfair to him. I mean if you don't like the fantastic work that he is doing, you should have spoken to him about it. I mean, he even said that only one person in the entire city seems mad about the work that he's doing and it's just a very small, vocal minority that disapproves of his work....
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I doubt whoever is GM could be able to straighten out this ship in one yr although I expect it to still be PD. We'll see how they do at this yr's draft regardless of who it is doing the selecting, although I hope it's still Mann. But IMO the 2020 draft should be the one where things could really change for this organization in a positive way if they are in the lottery & with 7 potential picks in the first 3 rds including two 1st rd picks.
He should have never taken this job...He let ambition blind him a bit it seems,if a tenured hockey man like BM had trouble keeping this clown owner in check...He never stood a chance, and thats on him for not realising what he was signing up for
SPF6ty9
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I wouldn't trust Dorion to plug in a light fixture for me.
I'd probably inspect his finished work, see the cord isn't connected and ask for an explanation from him. Then I'd have to hear about how he doesn't see a disconnect. I'd probably end up having to yell at the guy.
In summary, it's a no.
I'd probably inspect his finished work, see the cord isn't connected and ask for an explanation from him. Then I'd have to hear about how he doesn't see a disconnect. I'd probably end up having to yell at the guy.
In summary, it's a no.
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Dorian is on a power trip since taking over. I wish he was just a scout again and that's it. He won't get fired from Melnyk, I really don't think ever because he's just a puppet. He really doesn't see the full picture with the fanbase and how to run a team. Just like Melnyk out of touch with reality. It's almost like they are just making up stuff on the spot and thinking oh yeah that's such a great idea without thinking it through. He's destroyed everything that Bryan Murray built as a respectful organization and just created a chaos drama filled area. I wouldn't be surprised if someday we find out that it was him and Melnyk who created the broken room so he could sell off the players to create a low cap.
Who honestly fires a coach, then makes a list of what he's looking for and call out young rookie players. YOU SET THEM UP TO FAIL!!!!
Who honestly fires a coach, then makes a list of what he's looking for and call out young rookie players. YOU SET THEM UP TO FAIL!!!!
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Dorion is unqualified to be the GM of an NHL franchise in every possible way.
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