The obc canard that is being tossed around this board right now is so pitiful. Even the biggest proponent of the ‘blame it on the obc theory’ admits that most of the obc are now in made up positions - positions removed from any actual responsibility for team building. People in positions that are ‘made up’, ceremonial in nature, or related to the business side of the organization were not the ones who traded two top picks for Reinhart. Nor did they trade Hall and Eberle for feeble and feebler returns. Nor did they decide to waste cap space or add the motley group of players
@redgrant mentions above.
When you hire a respected man like Nicholson to run the show, a respected GM like Chiarelli and a respected coach like McLellan you have effectively sidetracked the obc.
At most they are babbling voices in the background - babbling voices one would expect men of the stature of Nicholson, Chiarelli and McLellan to have no trouble ignoring.