I just vaguely remember Dundon was wanting to be very hands on at the time he fired Francis and replaced him with Waddell. It's also possible that I read this way back when he first bought the team, which was I think a couple of years before Waddell becoming GM.
Maybe I'm remembering this wrong, it's been a while.
Dundon is definitely hands on and likely part of the major decision making in some way. He has other businesses though and I have no idea how it works. I really doubt Dundon is there every doing the boring parts lol.
We’re used to Lou but owners who treat a GM like a genius who gets to call all the shots by himself on an island isn’t exactly the norm. Carolina is particularly weird though.
Most team’s have a separate President, or at least Executive VPs.
Their listed Executive Management:
Tom Dundon, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/OWNER/GOVERNOR
Don Waddell, PRESIDENT/GENERAL MANAGER/ALTERNATE GOVERNOR
Mike Forman, CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
Tom Embrey, VICE PRESIDENT/GENERAL MANAGER, PNC ARENA
Shaun Nicholson, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Nigel Wheeler, GENERAL COUNSEL
Their listed Hockey Management:
Eric Tulsky, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
Darren Yorke, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
And that’s it, no other executives of note.
Director of Hockey Operations is listed after the AGMs, that’s office manager (basically).
It’s not peak poverty Wang-era NYI bare bones, nothing other than peak poverty Wang-era NYI is, but it’s very bare bones.
People have pointed out how thin their executive staff is, but Waddell says it’s fine. He’s personally overseeing what’s normally overseen by a multiple executives though.
Because Dundon is infamous about being cheap with hirings. That’s why I’m curious if he will spend to keep his AGMs. I actually think he might but maybe he thinks they’re replaceable. IDK.
