Jack Todd on a twitter rant that Tavares is an egomaniac for setting up his meetings as he has. Fact is in a commercial setting, with a limited time window and bidders with lots of money, what he is doing is perfectly normal and sensible. Flying around to a bunch of cities would be dumb. It’s no different than a big company entertaining bids from law firms/ad agencies/accountants etc.
Todd, shockingly, just looks bitter and out of touch. He still loves him some Grant McCagg though.
If McGuire wasn’t respected by anyone he wouldn’t be a HHOF voter. I’m sure his schtick wears on people, but he is well connected.