Do we have the patience to figure that out because on this board, any move he makes will have its supporters and detractors. The supports will say good move while the detractors will say he got bullied. I mean we already have people saying he is too young, he might get bullied, Hunter and Lou are gone. Some misogynistic posters even wonder if he has balls like it would affect his decision making.
I originally wanted Lou to stick around for at least one more year, because this is a huge off-season for us and I felt comfortable having someone of his stature at the helm through such an important process. But as I thought about it, it made more and more sense that the person who's going to be steering the ship for the long-term, rather than just the short-term, should really be the one to make those decisions. And the more I thought about that, the more excited I got about this move.
i have no idea what your point is, 1st time gms can come in and succeed and they can also fail, just like veteran GMs with good track records. each situation is different..i will trust management over some dude on a forum who is making up nonsense about people calling him LL or a hall of famer.
He's 31. there's no reason to pretend he's a childWhat time do you think his curfew is?
Does he get an allowance?
Snack packs AND Lunchables, or just one of the two in his lunch?
Exciting times
That was exactly my point and I wasn't the poster who started comparing Dubas' hiring to LL's so I have idea what issue your having with my posts?
the point i was making is that 1st timers CAN come in and end up being LL, or david poile or stevie Y etc etc..hes defending the fact that certain people are shi^%ing on the hire because hes never won a championship blah blah blah by saying at one point NJ took a chance on a young GM with no experience, hes not "annointing" anyone anything. people are allowed to believe its a good hire and have confidence in his ability.
Dubas' team is the favourite to win a championship in 3 weeks.
As I already said I agree that some times first timers may or not perform great and we're all entitled to our opinion irregardless of whether it not we liked who Shanny hired .
because the poster he was responding to somebody who said dubas hadnt won anything ever. he was pointing out there was a time when lou hadnt won anything either and that he had taken over for an established gm. thats all it looked like to me.
What do you consider the right moves? We've had some old dogs, how come some of the right moves weren't made already?
Dubas has the chance to make a name for himself now. If you want a long career you have to start somewhere. I'd rather this route than a Bergevin in Montreal or a Florida GM who lets a 30 + goal scorer walk for nothing. Or a GM that trades Turris + a 1st + for Duchene. Let's see what he's got.
I think it would be beneficial if you would do research on Dubas instead of just completely basing your judgement on the way he looks.
