Management Thread: RATE the 7 Years

[M2Beezy]

Last thread WAY over 1000 posts so time for ANOTHER one. Season has come to an END so time to rank now 7 completed seasons by GM Jim Benning

0 is lowest
5 is highest

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Management Thread: There Is No Hope

2014-15, 101 pts, 8th overall
2015-16, 75 pts, 28th overall
2016-17, 69 pts, 29th overall
2017-18, 73 pts, 26th overall
2018-19, 81 pts, 23rd overall
2019-20, 78 pts, 17th overall 69 games
2020-21, 50 pts, 24th overall 56 games

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[LordBacon]

He’s the best because he got us Petey.
Give him the extension already aquaman

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Last thread WAY over 1000 posts so time for ANOTHER one. Season has come to an END so time to rank now 7 completed seasons by GM Jim Benning

0 is lowest
5 is highest

Link to LAST thread

Management Thread: There Is No Hope

That's like asking someone to get kicked in the nuts 7 different times and rate which one hurt most.

 

[M2Beezy]

That's like asking someone to get kicked in the nuts 7 different times and rate which one hurt most.

No not rank which was worst year, but rank overall the seven years

I voted 0 but kinda wish the OP gave a negative option

 

[4Twenty]

This is basically going to boil down to but drafting.

Pick location/frequency drives draft success pretending otherwise and/or addressing folks who pretend otherwise is a waste of time.


Also loving the polls m2B keep it up

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

No not rank which was worst year, but rank overall the seven years

I voted 0 but kinda wish the OP gave a negative option

Understood!

 

[4Twenty]

Cracks me up that fans who support the GM and don’t want him fired giving him a 60% rating. That’s a D in letter grades. Lol.

7 years in and being given a D should be automatically fire but the D gets support and adoration.

 

[valkynax]

Gave him a 1 because his draft is not irredeemable.

Everything else? Horrible beyond belief.

 

[Luck 6]

Benning's biggest mistake, if you ask me, is that he completely misjudged his own team and also had poor pro scouting.

Contracts to Beagle, Sutter, Roussel, and Baertschi were crippling, had we not had those players signed to such long term contracts we would have easily had the salary cap space to retain both Toffoli and Tanev last offseason and even had money to spare. I don't give him a "pass" on Eriksson, but that contract was signed when they were trying to give the previous core of players some sort of final run. And, the Ferland contract had the potential to be a lot better as well.

 

[mouz135]

I have him a 0. f*** that useless pos

 

[Andy Dufresne]

2. He gets an extra point for having to work for the Aqua's.

 

[Izzy Goodenough]

Benning: "Hockey is a Business."

FAQ: "We are in the Entertainment Business."

But in instead, "Vancouver is a Village":



Things are bleak now but could get much bleaker still.

 

[valkynax]

Benning: "Hockey is a Business."

FAQ: "We are in the Entertainment Business."

But in instead, "Vancouver is a Village":



Things are bleak now but could get much bleaker still.

THERE IT IS! LEADERSHIP!

 

[wonton15]

You have to imagine that the players are going to get bombarded by either Green questions, Clark questions, or management questions. I doubt they will dig too deep into real management questions because the media has no balls, though.

 

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[supercanuck]

Benning: "Hockey is a Business."

FAQ: "We are in the Entertainment Business."

But in instead, "Vancouver is a Village":



Things are bleak now but could get much bleaker still.

EP/QH called Tanev "dad" and actually made a huge difference on the ice of QH, and yet, that didn't seem to come into the equation at all.

 

[EpochLink]

These pretzels are making me thirsty

 

[supercanuck]

THERE IT IS! LEADERSHIP!

"Na na na na na na na na Benning!" "Na na na na na na na na Benning!"

LOL! You need to release an entire set of these!

 

[M2Beezy]

THREE official management threads plus several SIMILAR threads

Man I love this management

 

[bossram]

He's the worst GM in franchise history. I'm not sure how you can give him more than 0.

I mean, his "great drafting" netted us Virtanen and OJ with the two highest draft selections the club has had, since the Sedins. Is that good?

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

THREE official management threads plus several SIMILAR threads

Man I love this management

Usually try to keep it to one, but with emotions being high at this time, felt allowing more room for catharsis was good.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

One thing I instantly recognized is how petty and vindictive this management group was to start. Pretty much discarding certain players due to their connection the previous regime. That was obvious in 2015-2016. To me, I have come to realize that Brackett's impending departure was probably why guys like Madden and Gaudette were reportedly being shopped in early 2020.

 

[tantalum]

The 7 years definitely have been rank....

 

[Hit the post]

He's the worst GM in franchise history. I'm not sure how you can give him more than 0.

I mean, his "great drafting" netted us Virtanen and OJ with the two highest draft selections the club has had, since the Sedins. Is that good?

The season that got Gillis fired:

83 points in 82 games.

Benning has had but two seasons in seven years that beat that mark.

Dave Nonis never had a season where the team finished less than 0.500 (neither did Mike Gillis obviously).

It ain’t a high bar to beat unless you’re Jim Benning.

 

[Dab]

Jesus Christ ... a “great” 6 seasons? Wow.