I don't understand, because he says it we should believe that he'll fix everything? Saying and doing are two different things. I can like what I hear and still be skeptical, this isn't a black or white type of conversation.
No problem with a bit of skepticism. It's a national pastime over here. Just frustrated because every time out rather inarticulate GM opens his mouth, the goalposts shift subtly to allow more bashing of the guy or some people imply he's fundamentally dishonest or incompetent or it descends into more rubbish about how we should have rebuilt in 2010 etc etc.
Every second thread on here for the last 3 or 4 years has turned into an attack on KH (and once again the 'apologists' line has emerged again as if we are talking about a military dictator), and it's unbelievably tiresome.
Every thread seemingly has the same 20 posters posting the same opinions about the same picks/deals/contracts and all used to slag off the GM.
This then makes those who think the GM is Ok-ish and hadn't been such a disaster despite obvious and fairly easy to agree on mistakes between 2012-2016 ish be made to feel like fanatical outliers simply because a balanced view is taken.
Do I think KH is the ideal candidate for a rebuild GM. No, but he might be reasonably good at it.
Did he make mistakes once we stopped being contenders? Yes.
Neither stops the majority of this press conference being a step in the right direction with some bold statements about future change that should leave us all feeling at least a little more optimistic