Confirmed with Link: John McDonough Fired

[Toews2Bickell]

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[bwana63]

Whoa!

 

[Teemu]

Well that came out of nowhere


(Rocky's son)

 

[ColbyChaos]

Out of nowhere too

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Desperately needed. He did a lot for the franchise but had clearly lost his way.

Now I’m curious if how Bowman approaches the team will change going forward.

 

[Any Colour You Like]

Holy shit it actually happened.

 

[Crow]

Holy shit.

 

[thesaadfather]

Wow!

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Uh...what? I know more than a few were really pulling for that, but this seems incredibly out of the blue for the guy that's only the business side of things.

 

[hawksfan50]

Well this ought to keep the boards going for several more lockdown days!

 

[Mrfenn92]

Oh my gawd. Never happy when a person loses their job. But damn this is exciting.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

HOLY SHIT YESSSSS! DING DONG MCCUB IS GONE!

 

[MileHighHawksFan]

What a weird time to release him. Sounds like they might have been disagreeing on the best way to attack the sport landscape mid/post corona.

 

[saluki]

I have to assume there's a better than average chance Bowman and Colliton will follow.

Wirtz just didn't want to make those changes until the plan for the rest of the season is settled by the NHL.

 

[CallMeShaft]

Didn't think I'd see it for a long ass time, if ever.

 

[hawksfan50]

Speculation for his replacement?

The lockdown hotcstove league is in session! GO!

 

[hawksrule]

Wow. Didn’t see that coming.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Uh...what? I know more than a few were really pulling for that, but this seems incredibly out of the blue for the guy that's only the business side of things.

It wasn’t just the business side though. If you think that he doesn’t have incredible influence on what happens with the team then you’ve been living under a rock.

 

[Ace Rothstein]

Always thought he got more credit than he deserved for doing what was obvious to anyone who wasn't brain-dead.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Something major (though not necessarily insidious) must've happened behind the scenes so as to cause a sudden rift between Wirtz and him or this is a precursor to more sweeping changes. I can't imagine any other scenario off the top of my head that makes sense here (as in long-brewing or everybody else is safe in their jobs).

 

[Kevin Musto]

If there were disagreements behind the scenes, they sure did a good job keeping it under wraps. I don't think anyone expected this.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Always thought he got more credit than he deserved for doing what was obvious to anyone who wasn't brain-dead.

The bottom line is that they were going down the path of the Tribune Cubs and the post-Jordan Bulls.

I don't care either way if Bowman is or isn't retained, but they do need a fresh perspective. Now we have to see if they're willing to make the hard choice to go into a full rebuild, and say goodbye to the guys who did so much for the team. Quite frankly, I think McCub waffling on retooling is a huge deal, and I think it will come out that he was responsible for the Seabrook fiasco.

 

[Fire Stan Bowman]

wheres BK at? I suddenly dont hate bowman as much anymore!! this is beautiful

 

[No Fun Shogun]

It wasn’t just the business side though. If you think that he doesn’t have incredible influence on what happens with the team then you’ve been living under a rock.

Ah yes, the old boogeyman insinuation that he's been poking his fingers into other pies and forcing the team to make bad roster moves for marketability purposes all the while ignoring the huge number of roster moves that have been made against fan wishes on the regular.

But that being said, he was the president/CEO. Of course he had influence on things. But to think that Bowman didn't have overwhelming control over hockey ops behond maybe needing a final okay on a massive move never seemed sensible to me despite speculation to the contrary.

 

[ChiHawks10]

Unexpected, but awesome.

And @Mrfenn92 it doesn't bother me when multi-millionaires lose their job.

I feel much worse for people like @x Tame Impala

McDouchebag will find another job making a boatload of money, and if he chooses, doesn't have to bother ever going back to work.