Speculation: Fire Rob Blake Blow it Up Offseason Thread (update: Robitaille, Blake and Hiller stay)

[ScoreZeGoals]

Buy your tickets now!!

 

[Schrute farms]

yup, exactly as expected -- more of the same.

It's going to have to get much worse before we get to see them clean the swamp and rebuild from the ashes.

 

[AbsentMojo]

Will be fascinating to see the cucked press spin this

im assuming all softball pre-written questions? This is what its like holding on to power when you've done a shitty job - you become totally divorced from reality and are left spewing lies to cover the madness.

 

[SmytheKing]

Buy your tickets now!!

The Kings are now more or less the Wirtz-owned Blackhawks.

 

[Sol]

"rob blake powers through the blistering question as his eyes are engulfed with tears as he fends to the belligerent horde of journalists about his efficacy as GM"

 

[DoktorJeep]

Kings fans, most impatient group ever. Every GM gets a decade minimum before they are allowed to be fired for a bad season.

 

[BaileyFan]

The fact that he even has to answer a question about PLD being bought out is at least pretty funny.

It can't feel good.

They will make sure whoever asked that question never sets foot in the press box ever again.

 

[Trash Panda]

Buy your tickets now!!

Hello darkness, my old friend.

 

[DAkings20]

Kings Pravda

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

"rob blake powers through the blistering question as his eyes are engulfed with tears as he fends to the belligerent horde of journalists about his efficacy as GM"

and a big fan came to me with tears in his eyes--big guy, totally cut, gorgeous wife with 5 successful lawyer children, 40 year season ticket holder, vietnam veteran, rescues puppies from blazing buildings during the day and adopts children by night--and said sir thank you for saving us and helping us make the playoffs year after year, it's the highlight of my life, and it took every ounce of strength in my being to say "this 1-3-1 is for YOU, the TRUE fans, not those DONKEYS on the internet," and i saluted him and he said "no thank YOU for raising season ticket prices, we deserve it"

 

[SmytheKing]

and a big fan came to me with tears in his eyes--big guy, totally cut, 40 year season ticket holder, vietnam veteran, rescues puppies from blazing buildings during the day and adopts children by night--and said sir thank you for saving us and helping us make the playoffs year after year, it's the highlight of my life, and it took every ounce of strength in my being to say "this 1-3-1 is for YOU, the TRUE fans, not those DONKEYS on the internet," and i saluted him

I ****ing hate you for making me read it in his voice.

 

[Sol]

Guys this team, this organization needs a great culling and it appears no one above the fraternity is willing to start swinging axes. Truly unbelievable. I actually thought when they fired DL for f***ing up that this organization was serious. Apparently integrity left when DL did. Makes no sense. None of it. It's legit heart breaking. I loved this team but I hate it so much more now. Theres no reason to watch the next season.

 

[kingsboy11]

He doesn’t even f***ing try to incorporate himself into the f***ing game and it’s a coaching problem? Wow

That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard a GM say. Shouldn't the goal of acquiring players be that we find players to fit the f***ing system the coach you hired has in place?? Instead of cowtowing to a player who has wanted out of 2 teams before he turned 25?? We're doing it backwards!

 

[AbsentMojo]

Hello darkness, my old friend.

good one

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Really though imagine having little discussion about a system that found you the best team in the league vs. non playoff teams but a lottery team vs. playoff teams

talk about spiraling, circling the drain. It just gets worse and worse now. Almost impossible to believe an organization with this many resources can be so smug and self-absorbed, blind, incapable of honest self-reflection or outward honest evaluation, and tacitly endorsed by its own ownership.

BUT--they are making money, so f*** me, right?

Guys this team, this organization needs a great culling and it appears no one above the fraternity is willing to start swinging axes. Truly unbelievable. I actually thought when they fired DL for f***ing up that this organization was serious. Apparently integrity left when DL did. Makes no sense. None of it. It's legit heart breaking. I loved this team but I hate it so much more now. Theres no reason to watch the next season.

"apparently integrity left when DL did" boom

 

[Sol]

and a big fan came to me with tears in his eyes--big guy, totally cut, gorgeous wife with 5 successful lawyer children, 40 year season ticket holder, vietnam veteran, rescues puppies from blazing buildings during the day and adopts children by night--and said sir thank you for saving us and helping us make the playoffs year after year, it's the highlight of my life, and it took every ounce of strength in my being to say "this 1-3-1 is for YOU, the TRUE fans, not those DONKEYS on the internet," and i saluted him and he said "no thank YOU for raising season ticket prices, we deserve it"

This actually happened lol

 

[AbsentMojo]

Really though imagine having little discussion about a system that found you the best team in the league vs. non playoff teams but a lottery team vs. playoff teams

talk about spiraling, circling the drain. It just gets worse and worse now. Almost impossible to believe an organization with this many resources can be so smug and self-absorbed, blind, incapable of honest self-reflection or outward honest evaluation, and tacitly endorsed by its own ownership.

BUT--they are making money, so f*** me, right?

It took a Ducks cup last time to wake them the F up. Its not a monopoly any more, there is another hockey team around, and if they keeping f***ing up this bad, they will bleed fans and mindshare. Might take a long time for it to impact the bottom line tho.. so ya its a nightmare.

 

[Chazz Reinhold]

 

[KopitarGOAT420]

Kings fans, most impatient group ever. Every GM gets a decade minimum before they are allowed to be fired for a bad season.

This is a joke right???

Tons of GMs lose their jobs after a couple years or so. Blake has been GM for 7 years and we have nothing to show for it. GMs have lost their jobs over a lot less than some of the mistakes Blake has made.

 

[tny760]

He doesn’t even f***ing try to incorporate himself into the f***ing game and it’s a coaching problem? Wow

if i'm hiller holy shit it's taking every ounce i have not to blow up at a comment like that

surely between the lines there, blake means "put him on the top line"

 

[DoktorJeep]

Why is anyone surprised that the guys in charge are clueless? If they weren’t ex-players who are still popular with a lot of fans, they wouldn’t have another job with an NHL team.

This is a joke right???

Tons of GMs lose their jobs after a couple years or so. Blake has been GM for 7 years and we have nothing to show for it. GMs have lost their jobs over a lot less than some of the mistakes Blake has made.

Correct, it’s a joke.

 

[tny760]

unreal

i was pretty disillusioned but thanks blake and luc for just putting it right out there that they're on another planet entirely

 

[Chazz Reinhold]

unreal

i was pretty disillusioned but thanks blake and luc for just putting it right out there that they're on another planet entirely

As someone who already felt pretty disillusioned coming into today, I feel exactly the same as you after reading what's coming out of this press conference.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

"I think we're making progress" refers only to revenue

Objectively they're worse by every metric, including regular season points and playoff success, as well as further behind the cap with fewer assets and dwindling opportunities for growth

Imagine being this echo chambered

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Making progress??? They are continuing to get bounced in the first round and doing so in fewer and fewer games!! That's literally the opposite of progress