sabremike
Friend To All Giraffes And Lindy Ruff
We are talking an overpay of $1 million a year or so. You are using a strawman argument in that second statement. And I have no idea how you can say someone has done a "solid job" when he's posted two seasons that were both worse than the ones that justifiably cost the previous GM his job. How long should this team be allowed to be an embarrassment before Botts has to answer for it? I'm sick of this team always being one of a handful of teams in all of hockey whose season is over before it begins on a regular basis, I'm sick of the incompetence and I'm sick of the excuses.If we can get rid of the Okposo contract it's going to be through sheer luck. Doesn't change the fact that it was a horrible contract from day 1.
Every player has his price. If Skinner won't sign belw that then screw him. Your post implies you would sign him to a league max contact just for the sake of keeping him...
I'll add that i fully expect him to sign a somewhat reasonable contract so the premise of this thread is moot in my mind. I just don't see the point in taking pot shots at our GM who outside of one trade has done a pretty solid job so far - certainly compared to his predecessor.