News Article: News and Note XXX: Now is the Summer of our Don Waddell Content

[HisIceness]

Edmonton is the model to follow because they are in Canada or something and Wayne Gretzky once played there.

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[Stickpucker]

Minny going after the guy who clowned their old guy kinda reminds me of is going after Semin after he tore up Cams glove hand.

We all know how that ended

 

[Stickpucker]

I KNOW! it's great when we violently agree on a thing

Is it kinda like angry sex?

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Is it kinda like angry sex?

no

 

[tarheelhockey]

I hope Dundon isn't like a couple bosses I've had in the past. Would say this quote and fire the person tomorrow with no remorse.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the idea of the "boss who gives you a year notice before firing you with cause" is a total fiction and a sucker's bet.

If someone like Tom Dundon thinks you are a problem in his organization and that it's in the best interest of his half-billion dollar investment to see you on the curb with your **** in a cardboard box, he is most definitely NOT going to give you a year's notice.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Spoiler alert: maybe this *was* Dundon's year's notice.

 

[FreshSeabass]

What could this mean?

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

What could this mean?

Looks windy

 

[Svechhammer]

What could this mean?

Oh, you know what it means

 

[Svechhammer]

For those of you with twitter blocked: Its the Canes posting this video with the caption "Take Warning"

 

[Svechhammer]

welp

looks like the move from the organ to the DJ is now permanent in the arena

Carolina Hurricanes Organ

$8k price tag, too

 

[AD Skinner]

What could this mean?

Road jersey?

 

[GoldiFox]

One thing I do like about Waddell is that he was always outside the arena before games and walked around the 2nd level during intermissions. He would usually give people a few seconds if he had them to receive feedback on the team or arena. He is a lot more personable and approachable than Francis or JR ever were.

 

[Lempo]

What could this mean?

Half mast. We're ded.

 

[Svechhammer]

Half mast. We're ded.

Wait, this means Waddell took to the Minny job, doesn't it

 

[FreshSeabass]

 

[A Star is Burns]

Makes sense if he interviews as well as he drops sick burns.

 

[GoldiFox]

Shouldn't be surprising that Waddell would be the #1 candidate for that job. He was just a nominee for "GM of the Year". His work didn't go unnoticed, especially in Minnesota.

Unfortunate that Fenton was so terrible at his job that he created this mess in August.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

I just hope the rest of the FO isn't in the same contractual situation. What the organization can't afford is for Waddell to go and raid the already thin FO on his way out. The GM by committee approach doesn't work if the committee is in Minnesota. Dundon needs to be careful here.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Spoiler alert: maybe this *was* Dundon's year's notice.

"Why don't you go ahead and interview with another company" is usually not an effort at retention.

 

[Novacane]

I feel like we can’t really afford to let Waddell leave after so much of the front office was raided within the past year. We operate on the “GM by committee” model but how much of the committee is left at this point? We’ve commented that the departures are largely holdovers from the Pre-Dundon era, but they haven’t been backfilled as far as I can tell. That’s the part that worries me. Keeping the figure-head GM in place maintains a level of continuity when you replace the “committee”. Not keeping him could lead to completely different group dynamics that we shouldn’t have to deal with after one year

 

[HisIceness]

welp

looks like the move from the organ to the DJ is now permanent in the arena

Carolina Hurricanes Organ

$8k price tag, too

Thats too bad but not surprising. Didn't seem like the organ was getting much use lately.

As for the DJ, the music is getting better but still needs work. Pop shit like Chris Brown, Britney, Miley, Shawn Mendes, and Selena Gomez needs to go (also f*** Chris Brown). Poison by Bell Biv Devoe needs to go. I don't mind some rap like Nelly or Ludacris but shit like Soulja Boy needs to go.

More high energy/Rock and less Club/Dance.

One thing I do like about Waddell is that he was always outside the arena before games and walked around the 2nd level during intermissions. He would usually give people a few seconds if he had them to receive feedback on the team or arena. He is a lot more personable and approachable than Francis or JR ever were.

Even before he was the GM yeah I saw him out in the concourse and with the tailgaters and he seemed very appreciative of everyone who was there.

I feel like we can’t really afford to let Waddell leave after so much of the front office was raided within the past year. We operate on the “GM by committee” model but how much of the committee is left at this point? We’ve commented that the departures are largely holdovers from the Pre-Dundon era, but they haven’t been backfilled as far as I can tell. That’s the part that worries me. Keeping the figure-head GM in place maintains a level of continuity when you replace the “committee”. Not keeping him could lead to completely different group dynamics that we shouldn’t have to deal with after one year

This largely sums up my feelings too and is a reason why I'm annoyed with Dundon right now. We don't need for this to turn into a revolving door every year. Just pay Waddell and be done with it, and if it isn't working 3 years from now then cut bait. But right now as you said, continuity is a must.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Dundon is gonna do this weird shit until he fails. It’s the price you pay for having an owner who wants to go against the grain.

 

[Chrispy]

I'm only worried about losing Waddell as GM because we saw last season that Dundon had trouble finding someone who would act as the point of contact for the committee. Certainly can't have multiple members taking calls from opposing GMs. Will Dundon go back to trying to poach an assistant GM? Will he try to bring an unemployed GM into this figurehead spot (Hextall or Chiarelli with Borg guardrails)?

All that said, there will also be a need for a new team president. And I think Waddell has done well in that job, as concerned as many of us were at the time he was hired. He did well in that role for Karmanos before Dundon came in. Has Dundon taken over most of that team president role now? I don't think Dundon is doing a lot of day-to-day management of the team operations, but I could be mistaken.

At a minimum, pay Waddell like he's filling two roles in the franchise. Because he is.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Waddell should just quit hockey and open a PR firm. From moron GM that turned everything he touched to crap that was only brought in to move the team, to indispensable team builder and keen business mind.