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I personally believe that both Sather AND Drury helped the process along with getting both Gorton and JD fired.
Its one thing to have outsiders chirping. If you trust the guys in charge, all that is is white noise.
I have no doubt that both Glenn and Chris were chirping from the inside and THAT would carry greater weight when added to the outside noise.
Olbermann is still a POS, not gonna dispute that, but I do share the same opinion regarding how the management change took place
Meh, they were probably on board with the "we need to get tougher" mantra, but I think JG and JD were also on board with that but too slow with the process.
I really think this is as simple as Dolan watching those games vs. the Islanders, getting spanked and shut down, and the Wilson/Capitals game. That's all it took for Dolan to get impulsive and change the direction of the club.