Management Don Sweeney extended 2 years

[TP70BruinsCup]

The extension brings it to three years.

Thanks Wally!

 

[Blitzkrug]

Ah yes, the guy who can't draft for shit is now going to retool while primarily relying on draft picks.

Useless ass Jacobs family.

I look forward to the 8x13 they're going to give Marner.

 

[Babajingo]

Winner winner chicken dinner

Why does it have to Sweeny as the GM? Oh well. 3 more years of mediocrity here we come.

 

[The don godfather]

Ah yes, the guy who can't draft for shit is now going to retool while primarily relying on draft picks.

Useless ass Jacobs family.

I look forward to the 8x13 they're going to give Marner.

I'll be doing handstands if that happens 102 point winger yes please. Takes off pressure from pasta large .

 

[Blitzkrug]

I'll be doing handstands if that happens 102 point winger yes please. Takes off pressure from pasta large .

Ah yes because as we know, championships are won in March.

Noted 9x regular season champion Mitch Marner.

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

It seems like several people don’t understand the definition of “mediocre”.

 

[The don godfather]

Ah yes because as we know, championships are won in March.

Noted 9x regular season champion Mitch Marner.

I dont think he was the main reason for their failure in playoffs. The guys racks up points hes not a emotional leader but a excellent complimentary player that can help a team that has no scoring punch. We are putrid at that department.

 

[SPLBRUIN]

Ah yes, the guy who can't draft for shit is now going to retool while primarily relying on draft picks.

Useless ass Jacobs family.

I look forward to the 8x13 they're going to give Marner.

Marner's not coming to Boston, he will want to go a media light team like Utah.

 

[DaaaaB's]

He only inherited 4 out of 22+ players on that team.

And its really not an exaggeration. We had Taylor Hall and Tyler Bertuzzi playing on the third line for cryin out loud lol.

I actually thought you were referring to the team that went to game 7 of the cup final. The 22/23 team was definitely stacked on paper.

 

[GordonHowe]

 

[GordonHowe]

I'm

I haven’t seen that from DB. But I could be wrong.

Just because some fans get more upset about not winning then others does not mean they “Don’t care”. Under any circumstances. At the end of the day our comments here have zero impact on the teams outcomes.

If it’s cathartic to complain then complain it’s your right. But to be dismissive of other fans who choose not to bang their heads against the wall seems to be taking it too far to me.

Absolutely.

Frankly, for some time, in various arenas, I am no longer interested in winning an argument or debate.

I am a curious person. I am interested in your opinion, but that's as far as it goes with me these days.

We all want to be right. I no longer care.

 

[Ozzy Osbourne]

You know what doesn't get discussed enough with Sweeney? That the lack of picks (and therefore lack of prospects) is not simply a matter of "they traded picks to improve the team every deadline." They moved some fantastic, valuable high picks to unload his shitty free agent signings, the worst kind of double GM whammy.

And yet, for some reason, it’s allowed to continue.

 

[GordonHowe]

Marner's not coming to Boston, he will want to go a media light team like Utah.

I don't know. I can see that, obviously.

But he may be interested in a passionate fan base in a traditional market. As long as he gets paid. And I mean, "paid.*

I have no illusions or long-term expectations for Mitch Marner. But I would pay him every cent he wants. Simply to make things a bit more interesting and enjoyable while the Bruins reconstruct the ship.

 

[The don godfather]

I don't know. I can see that, obviously.

But he may be interested in a passionate fan base in a traditional market. As long as he gets paid. And I mean, "paid.*

I have no illusions or long-term expectations for Mitch Marner. But I would pay him every cent he wants. Simply to make things a bit more interesting and enjoyable while the Bruins reconstruct the ship.

Donny knows him well from 4 nations so that might be something there plus Donny isnt hiding he wants to strengthen wings big time.

 

[KnightofBoston]

Sweeney goes through good Head coaches like underwear , what coach worth having is going to sign up to be Sweeneys scapegoat goat?

I don’t teach ELA but I know my students focused on critical examples of hyperbole in literature at points this year and they would definitely be Leo Point Meming your post right now

Sweeney fired;

Claude, a guy who had been here a long time and was past his expiration date while the team missed the playoffs and failed to make them again

Then stuck with a guy for 6 years after that, went to bat for him when there was a mutiny in the room, and was forced to let him go - and this was after *several* disappointing exits (Julien never lost a series in less than 7) where as Cassidy lost 2 series in 5 games and 1 in 6, one of which was to arguably the lesser team


Then hired a guy he gave a chance who had promise and then this same guy chose himself to quit on the team because misses Monty wanted to vacation in the ozarks


Not exactly your classic case of upper management chewing through site bosses….

 

[GordonHowe]

i would imagine contracts are organization dependent, besides anything can have clauses added. Job security not dependent on current GM.

the bottom line is, whoever is making the calls, needs to have an overall organizational vision that doesn't change regardless of if sweeney is here or not - the only question is whether sweeney can make the vision happen. It doesn't change because he's gone

generally the vision should be - speed, skill, grit, intimidation. always now and forever.

I don't think it works that way.

A team's "philosophy" emanates from its general manager/president of hockey operations, if not ownership.

Whatever animates the GM and president, good or ill, is what shows up on the ice.

A fish, as I repeat frequently in this space, rots from the head. The reverse is true as well; good management, good team.

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

I don’t teach ELA but I know my students focused on critical examples of hyperbole in literature at points this year and they would definitely be Leo Point Meming your post right now

Sweeney fired;

Claude, a guy who had been here a long time and was past his expiration date while the team missed the playoffs and failed to make them again

Then stuck with a guy for 6 years after that, went to bat for him when there was a mutiny in the room, and was forced to let him go - and this was after *several* disappointing exits (Julien never lost a series in less than 7) where as Cassidy lost 2 series in 5 games and 1 in 6, one of which was to arguably the lesser team


Then hired a guy he gave a chance who had promise and then this same guy chose himself to quit on the team because misses Monty wanted to vacation in the ozarks


Not exactly your classic case of upper management chewing through site bosses….

Agreed entirely.

Totally inaccurate narrative.

 

[KnightofBoston]

I don't think it works that way.

A team's "philosophy" emanates from its general manager/president of hockey operations, if not ownership.

Whatever animates the GM and president, good or ill, is what shows up on the ice.

A fish, as I repeat frequently in this space, rots from the head. The reverse is true as well; good management, good team.

Here’s the thing - unless they’re all on the same page, this team will never win another cup.

So hope my assertion is correct and not incorrect

 

[Clode]

Sweeney goes through good Head coaches like underwear , what coach worth having is going to sign up to be Sweeneys scapegoat goat?

I'm as big of a Sweeney hater as the next but this is one narrative I kind of disagree with. Claude was here for 10 seasons (albeit Sweeney was only GM for 3 of those seasons, assistant GM the rest), Bruce lasted 5 seasons and Jim lasted 2 and a handful only because he had one foot out the door on his own already. According to ESPN the average lifespan of an NHL head coach is 2 and a half-ish seasons, so going off of that metric I'd say the Bs hold on to coaches longer than most. I think the reason it seems like he goes through more coaches than most is because most GMs don't last as long as he has to be able to fire as many coaches.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

good stuff

Sweeney went for it and sold the future down the road two of the last three deadlines. That fact alone blows up their opinion on the clubs goals. Just stupid to even say that.

He served a master class in how to rebuild on the fly at this last deadline. That show probably could not tell us one trade that was made this last deadline in regards to what we received.

They really bring no hockey sense to the conversation, just lazy analysis.

Murray's friends are full of shit, they would have all ready renewed before today.

 

[GordonHowe]

It’s interesting how different fan bases react to coaches.

If Rod Brind’Amour coached in Boston he’d have been fired long ago. 8 seasons of being one of the best teams in the league and 7 straight second round losses. Fans would be saying he can’t win in the playoffs. Carolina only cares about making the playoffs… People here would lose their f***ing minds over the ‘lack of accountability’ for him not being able to win it all.

Like many GMs around the league, he’s had some great moves, good moves, bad moves and dreadful moves.

I think Neely is the bigger issue at the end of the day.

Sweeney is on his last leg here. If they struggle these next two seasons, he’s probably finished — at least I’d like to think so.

I don’t love him. I don’t hate him. I’m kind of itching for new blood but he’s earned the right to at least attempt to right the ship.

 

[GordonHowe]

I agree with a lot of this, but I don't agree that he has earned the right to do anything further as General Manager of the Boston Bruins.

When he's fired he'll be hired pretty quickly. He's a decent to very good GM.

With all his misfires and condescending attitude, I wanted him gone years ago.

Neely should turn his attention elsewhere. Perhaps, as noted previously, back to Neely House or other charitable endeavors.

He has no business occupying any corner office anywhere in the NHL, and I dare say, the AHL, the IHL, the WHL, the KAHL, or the USHL.

Whatever I think of Sweeney, it is Cam Neely's relationship with Charlie Jacobs that is the problem. More precisely, it is Charlie Jacobs relationship with reality.

Rather, what Charlie Jacobs and the Jacobs family have always valued.

I think you know what that is.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

Sweeney goes through good Head coaches like underwear , what coach worth having is going to sign up to be Sweeneys scapegoat goat?

I would love to compare his coaching fires vs other organization. I also doubt harry fired 12 coaches.

 

[bruinmann77]

I don’t believe DS makes it the full 3 years if he does not get the right Coach and players and the fail to make the playoffs again it bye bye

 

[Coach Parker]

This was the right move.

Now hire Donskov and let Evan Gold have a larger say as well and give him a larger say in the moves this of-season to keep him in Boston.

Coach should get three years as well and let's see what they can do in the next three years.