glenngineer
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honestly if you want the true root of the problem, its Craig Leipold.
the skinflint budgets for years, the missed opportunity to lock up Hartnell long term, the firesale, followed by uncertainty followed by shoestring budgets for the first few years with the new owners(which is what forced the Weber arbitration fiasco), all have conspired to not give Poile a lot to work with
Im ready to give Poile some very bad marks for this past summer's acquisitons, but on balance he's done pretty well since the 04-05 lockout given what he had to maneuver around.
How different a team would we be right now with Hartnell and if Radulov hadnt ended up a headcase?
And Trotz is a good coach, and as said he would be rehired before he could get home from the Bridge if he is fired.. but the question does remain if he is the right coach for this team anymore...
We lost 3 players in that fiasco. It's been how many years now? We should be able to recover from that. I think Poile is an old school GM and his time has past. I'd say let Fenton take the reigns. I also think a GM that listens to his coach too much about what he wants on the ice is a bad idea. The GM is supposed to construct the team and the coach is there to mold what he's been given. Yes, they need to have contact and interaction but when I hear Poile and Trotz say these are the guys we targeted in free agency and we got who we wanted, they need to have their heads examined. You can't score so we bring in these guys? Really? That's poor talent evaluation.
As I said in another thread, poor asset management. To have almost a complete d-corp playing elsewhere and all we had to show for it was Blum and Ryan Jones, that's pretty sad.