If Messier wants the job Sather had to be aware of that fact before Torts was fired. I'd like to think if Sather was going to name Messier the coach he would've done it already. Why would the Rangers be asking for permission to speak to other candidates if an in-house guy is going to get the job? I think all of us (myself obviously included) are falling into the media trap a bit. Messier as the next coach, the guy to lead us to another cup, it's just too sexy of a story to for the press not to grab a hold of.
Hiring Messier would be a mistake. I think most people would agree on that.
The ideal scenario for the Rangers after Sather retires is Messier gets the Uncle Junior role as President of the team. A boss in name only but with Gorton running the day to day operations. Let Messier go sit at BoG meetings, etc.
With all that being said the Rangers under Sather are very unpredictable. Annoyingly unpredictable because they could hire anybody as coach of the team. Nothing would surprise me. Really who can sit here and honestly handicap this without completely guessing on who Sather sees as best candidate for the job? Messier, Ruff, Eakins, Gretzky, who the hell knows where this next month is going to take us. You would think they would want a coach named soon so they can go over the current roster before free agency. Get a feel for what type's of players the coach needs to be successful. Reading the Post article and seeing Sather isn't going to start interviewing guys until the meetings in late June....That can't be right.
I won't say this is scary times to be a Ranger fan but it's certainly uneasy times.
