How did you feel about Glen Sather being hired?

[Raspewtin]

Back when Neil Smith was fired, how did you feel about Glen Sather taking his place? Did you think he'd be successful? Was ANYTHING better than Smith? Did you think he'd fail from the beginning? What are your thoughts?

When Sather was hired I was 6 and I didn't know what a GM was, so .

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[Jabroni]

Back when Neil Smith was fired, how did you feel about Glen Sather taking his place? Did you think he'd be successful? Was ANYTHING better than Smith? Did you think he'd fail from the beginning? What are your thoughts?

When Sather was hired I was 6 and I didn't know what a GM was, so .

I don't think Sather does either.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

HF is a ridiculously young skewing board so I have a feeling a lot of people were too busy pooping themselves to know or care.

 

[Hire Sather]

I was 11 and a fan but didn't know enough about the upper management and whatnot of the game for me to really know.

Also didn't have internet at the time so its very possible I didn't even know about it until much after it happened. I'd get most of my hockey news by reading the newspaper back then.

I think I remember not knowing the Rangers got Theo Fleury until the presason.

Good thing I got here by October 2002.

 

[Samuel Culper III]

I was 14 and didn't have an opinion. By the time I was around 17 and understood his role better I had high expectations based on his time in Edmonton. Thought we had a good GM. nope.

 

[Punxrocknyc19*]

I was 14 and didn't have an opinion. By the time I was around 17 and understood his role better I had high expectations based on his time in Edmonton. Thought we had a good GM. nope.

have you see Oilers draft track record.. i was pissed when Sather got hired..



Steve Kelly 6th overall same as Jessiman 12th overall he sucks at drafting as much as he does for signing UFA

 

[Zuuuuc]

I was old enough to know that it was a big deal. I thought the guy who built the Oilers dynasty could have done some serious things with an unlimited budget. The fact that he didnt lead the team to the playoffs until his spending was limited by a salary cap showed how naive teenage me was lol

 

[Riverdale]

I didn't have my glasses on when I read the title so I thought it said "Fired". My heart skipped a beat until I looked closer.

At least I had that hope for a few measly seconds...

 

[Cassano]

I'm guessing it was similar to the current regimen of the Gorton praise.

One who can do no wrong, until reality hits hard.

 

[Mr Atoz*]

I was old enough to know that it was a big deal. I thought the guy who built the Oilers dynasty could have done some serious things with an unlimited budget. The fact that he didnt lead the team to the playoffs until his spending was limited by a salary cap showed how naive teenage me was lol

That's what pretty much all of us thought.

But my saying is that - yeah, I know most of you aren't old enough for this one either - being Ranger GM is like the Star Trek episode Spock's Brain. No matter who you are you put a helmet on with the Ranger GM brain already in it which forces you to mortgage the future for over the hill veterans and hype your draft choices to astronomic levels until you trade them away for nothing or demote them when it's more than obvious how pitiful they are.

 

[GrimNYR8899*]

Back when Neil Smith was fired, how did you feel about Glen Sather taking his place? Did you think he'd be successful? Was ANYTHING better than Smith? Did you think he'd fail from the beginning? What are your thoughts?

When Sather was hired I was 6 and I didn't know what a GM was, so .

I didn't have much of a problem but after some poor drafting and signings I was sketchy. Then he makes some good trades and drafting then I'm all good then he ***** up again,so he needs to go. Enoughs enough.

 

[OverTheCap]

No strong feelings either way, but I had already grown weary of the "Oilers Reunion Tour in NY" from the 90s and wasn't thrilled about adding another member of that regime. And, of course, with Sather as GM, I knew that the return of Messier wasn't far behind, and I had mixed feelings about him coming back as well.

I remember that some fans and analysts felt that he could succeed in NY without the monetary restraints he had in Edmonton. But there were a few others who had felt that the game was passing Sather by, and that he was better suited as a small market GM.

 

[RangerBoy]

Jim Dolan wanted Glen Sather. Dolan and Dave Checketts went to Palm Springs in May of 2000 to interview Sather. I liked George McPhee because he was one of my favorite boyhood Rangers. He was a candidate for the job. I think Checketts preferred Colin Campbell. The Dolans wanted Sather. The father Charles Dolan wanted Sather too.

The Post has learned from an impeccable source that while McPhee has, and has had, the offer of a contract extension in front of him for quite some time, and has generally reached an agreement in principle on the offer, he has not signed it. Thus, at least as of today, McPhee is not under contract for next season to the Capitals.

Thus, McPhee is now not only a candidate, but a leading candidate, to assume command of the Rangers once his current contract expires on June 30, six days after the Entry Draft in which the Blueshirts have neither a first- nor third-round pick.

According to one well-placed individual who spoke to The Post yesterday on condition of anonymity, McPhee is content in Washington; extremely comfortable with his relationships with Capital owner Ted Leonsis, the front office personnel, and with coach Ron Wilson. But, this source said, McPhee at the same time is drawn to the concept of coming to New York, where he played 109 games for the Rangers over the course of five seasons from 1982 through 1987.

A second source, somewhat further removed from the situation, told The Post yesterday that McPhee indeed wants the job at the Garden.

http://nypost.com/2000/05/08/mcphee-wants-ranger-job/

McPhee played for the Rangers and Devils. He had a stomach muscle injury which ruined his career. McPhee got his law degree from Rutgers. He worked for the Canucks and Pat Quinn. His contract is up this season with the Caps and Brian Burke is looking at him joining the Flames. McPhee replaced Burke in Vancouver when Burke became the Whalers GM for one season.

If you look at the late 1990's Oilers,they were a young and good team. They upset Dallas in 1997 and the Avs in 1998. Curtis Joseph was great for Edmonton. The Oilers seemed to play the Stars every year in the playoffs. Some people said Doug Risebrough was responsible for the Oilers being a good team again. He was Sather's right hand guy in Edmonton before becoming the Wild GM. Edmonton made the playoffs in each of Sather's last 4 years in Edmonton and they had no money. The Rangers missed the playoffs with $60M and $70M payrolls under Smith. The Rangers missed the playoffs with $80M payrolls under Sather.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Jim Dolan wanted Glen Sather. Dolan and Dave Checketts went to Palm Springs in May of 2000 to interview Sather. I liked George McPhee because he was one of my favorite boyhood Rangers. He was a candidate for the job. I think Checketts preferred Colin Campbell. The Dolans wanted Sather. The father Charles Dolan wanted Sather too.



http://nypost.com/2000/05/08/mcphee-wants-ranger-job/

McPhee played for the Rangers and Devils. He had a stomach muscle injury which ruined his career. McPhee got his law degree from Rutgers. He worked for the Canucks and Pat Quinn. His contract is up this season with the Caps and Brian Burke is looking at him joining the Flames. McPhee replaced Burke in Vancouver when Burke became the Whalers GM for one season.

If you look at the late 1990's Oilers,they were a young and good team. They upset Dallas in 1997 and the Avs in 1998. Curtis Joseph was great for Edmonton. The Oilers seemed to play the Stars every year in the playoffs. Some people said Doug Risebrough was responsible for the Oilers being a good team again. He was Sather's right hand guy in Edmonton before becoming the Wild GM. Edmonton made the playoffs in each of Sather's last 4 years in Edmonton and they had no money. The Rangers missed the playoffs with $60M and $70M payrolls under Smith. The Rangers missed the playoffs with $80M payrolls under Sather.

I never thought I'd say this, but THANK GOD we hired Sather over McPhee. At least Sather fleeces someone every once in awhile. McPhee just sucks.

 

[ThisYearsModel]

Hated the Sather hiring. Still hate it. The dude has a high opinion of himself. He lucked out in Edmonton and once Gretzky and Messier were gone.......zero. Zip. In Edmonton and in NY. He is a legend in his own mind. Everyone else in the NHL is laughing at him.

 

[Brooklyn Ranger]

I hated the signing. Thought Sather was living off the reputation he developed in the 1980s. I wanted new blood and definitely not Colin Campbell.

Daddy Dolan essentially let Bettman make the pick.

 

[pld459666]

Back when Neil Smith was fired, how did you feel about Glen Sather taking his place? Did you think he'd be successful? Was ANYTHING better than Smith? Did you think he'd fail from the beginning? What are your thoughts?

When Sather was hired I was 6 and I didn't know what a GM was, so .

wasn't thrilled with his selection. He had been an absolute failure throughout the 90's in Edmonton and it seemed clear as day to me now and then that his success as a GM was linked solely to the early 80's Oilers.

I don't believe that NS got a fair deal after reversing ship and moving towards a rebuild.

 

[AlternateSideParking]

It was a miserable time so any change was welcomed. Nobody expected any miracles.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Speaking of GMGM, this is from the main boards. It could be worse.

Rooting hard for the Caps to miss the playoffs (top five pick would be a bonus) because it may be the only thing that keeps GM from getting another contract.

 

[Machinehead]

Back when I was 9 (when he was hired) the "he won 5 Cups there, so he'll do it here" logic seemed foolproof

But even at that age, I knew firing Smith was hasty. Looking back on it I think firing Smith was the dumbest thing any human ever did.

 

[Cake or Death]

Hmm... not sure. My brother died about the time Sather came in, so I wasn't too on top of the Rangers, or anything, at that point.

 

[DoTheBlue]

I was okay with it. Shows you what I know.

 

[aufheben]

I read it as: "...feel about Glen Sather being fired?" and felt very good for about half a second.

 

[BroadwayStorm]

When Glenn Savior wins us a cup in the next two years all of this talk will be forgotten.

 

[Beacon]

Back when Neil Smith was fired, how did you feel about Glen Sather taking his place? Did you think he'd be successful? Was ANYTHING better than Smith? Did you think he'd fail from the beginning? What are your thoughts?

When Sather was hired I was 6 and I didn't know what a GM was, so .

The whole AOL Hockey knew I was screaming against it. The Rangers forum, the Trade Rumors Forum, the Prospects forum. I was all over saying that the Oilers were terrible drafters since the 1980s and that he can't assemble a team.