SnuggaRUDE
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I like Harrington.
Who are we to question Kim Pegula's expertise at overseeing a professional hockey team? Her daughter plays tennis. She's been around this whole sports thing her entire parental life.
Trust. The. Process.
This good enough?You win a Mike Harrington Junior Achiever Award.
I was told it by someone who works in the scouting community. The same place I heard you hired Jankowski as your scouting director before anyone else on this board.
This good enough?
She was raised by a devoutly religious family. She attended a Christian college that the Pegula's have donated millions of dollars to. She doesn't swear, ever. Off color remarks have no place in her world. Botterill/Housley and Beane/McDermott are choirboys compared to the people they replaced.Not trying to get overly involved here, but this story has been going around for years. She didn't like something Lafontaine said (no idea what it was), and she canned him over something that had almost nothing to do with hockey. I mentioned it over a year ago on the boards.
She was raised by a devoutly religious family. She attended a Christian college that the Pegula's have donated millions of dollars to. She doesn't swear, ever. Off color remarks have no place in her world. Botterill/Housley and Beane/McDermott are choirboys compared to the people they replaced.
Hiring Rex Ryan is a big counter point to that thesis, but you might be on to something.
I believe so. I saw it mentioned somewhere but now I can’t find it.
She was raised by a devoutly religious family. She attended a Christian college that the Pegula's have donated millions of dollars to. She doesn't swear, ever. Off color remarks have no place in her world. Botterill/Housley and Beane/McDermott are choirboys compared to the people they replaced.
Well there's your problem right there. Never trust a leader who doesn't use profanity.She was raised by a devoutly religious family. She attended a Christian college that the Pegula's have donated millions of dollars to. She doesn't swear, ever.Off color remarks have no place in her world. Botterill/Housley and Beane/McDermott are choirboys compared to the people they replaced.
You mean the "Lindy Ruff ain't goin' nowhere" line?
Pegula is a jock strap sniffer. He admires athletes and thinks it's cool hanging around them, having their numbers on speed dial, being able to walk on an NFL football field minutes before kickoff, and all that sort of stupid crap.
Yet his actual level of nuance and understanding of either sport is remarkably sophomoric.
He's the lowest information sports fan you've ever known.
If Rex is your first example I can only assume you've never met Tim Murray in person
I've been researching Quenneville. He seems like a wholesome family-oriented Pegula type of guy.So much for my dream of Boudreau, there's no way he makes it past the phone interview...
I've been researching Quenneville. He seems like a wholesome family-oriented Pegula type of guy.
Not trying to get overly involved here, but this story has been going around for years. She didn't like something Lafontaine said (no idea what it was), and she canned him over something that had almost nothing to do with hockey. I mentioned it over a year ago on the boards.
It's been reported. Just not in specific terms, because Lafontaine is unlikely to go on record to a journalist due to his NDA.Fascinating.
I always thought that Lafontaine and Murray got into a power struggle after Murray was hired, and that Murray won. I viewed it as a fresh GM (Murray) was uncomfortable having a "hockey czar" around when that position is pretty rare for NHL franchises, and that he won the power struggle.
Your completely unsubstantiated comments about Kim Pegula have really changed my mind.
Hey there, Chris. Getting a touchy one out of the way, eh?! There was what can best be described as a misunderstanding featuring Pat and Kim Pegula, and he was forced to resign. He has a confidentiality agreement so you won't hear anything from him, and the Pegulas aren't about talking about the past with this one.
I hope one day they can patch things up because it's a bit awkward to have one of the few players with his jersey retired not be close to the organization.
Firing Rex supports my thesis. Whaley was no saint either. Kim took over and cleaned house. She left a pile of bodies behind her. She cut Terry off at the knees, maybe a little higher.Hiring Rex Ryan is a big counter point to that thesis, but you might be on to something.
If all this is true and I don't doubt that it is, how embarrassing for everyone involved. Especially TerryFiring Rex supports my thesis. Whaley was no saint either. Kim took over and cleaned house. She left a pile of bodies behind her. She cut Terry off at the knees, maybe a little higher.