I’ve secretly always had a soft spot for the OBC despite their obvious lack of ability to get the job done. Something about glory year Oiler legends leading this team into a new age has a certain romance to it. But then I just watched this clip from MoneyBall:
In that clip they talk about there’s Rich teams, poor teams, and worse. And the Oakland A’s are worse, an unfair league, where they can’t get or keep good players. I feel the same way about these Oilers and this City. Yes , there’s a cap, but our free agency attractiveness will always be ZERO. Our players will always have the least amount of rest, relaxation, and fun away from the rink. And the highest chance of getting the flu along with **** travel and **** weather. Something in the water indeed.
So we gotta stop doing it the way we’ve been trying to for the last 15 years. Keith Gretzky or any old time GM (like Chia was) is not going to solve ****.
I want fresh new blood in the GMs office with fresh ideas. Even Arizona’s analytics based GM and even Dubas who is an analytics guy. I want an entirely new view of how to view player acquisition. Someone who will think outside the box to give our disadvantaged city a chance at having a money ball type advantage that no other teams have seen yet. To have this chance, we need someone new with radical ideas and the balls to try them.
The vibe in that room (minus Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill) is eerily similar to that Bruins video of them discussing the Seguin trade.