Management Is it time for Delaware North to give the Golden Parachute to Cam Neely?

[Gordon Lightfoot]

It's kind of funny thinking about the Bruins as a Delaware North subsidiary that exists just to keep Charlie Jacobs busy.

He's the youngest son, so maybe you don't trust him to be involved in the business you actually value, but it's important that he does something relatively prestigious so he doesn't embarrass the family. You don't really care how the business does as long as it doesn't lose money, so you let the kid run it however he wants. He's not a serious person so he only hires sycophants whose main priority is shifting blame to others so they can keep their cushy, overpaid, semi-no-show jobs.

Wait, is this just Succession?

 

[DKH]

Love it!

Lots of posters here who could fill in.

I’d be a phenomenal GM

But I am in Jimmy Murphy level of thin skinned

I can’t handle not being the favorite or loved

Plus I traded Adam Fox & Jason Robertson for Dougie Hamilton in our SIM League about a month before those two got called up

Not sure how that would be met here

 

[Pia8988]

The only recent cup came from outside members building the roster. Sadly Cam and team know how to play politics better. He was never a good executive.

 

[Kate08]

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

People realize that being a GM requires more than having played the game, right? And that playing the game isn't a prerequisite to being a good GM?

Let our past heroes ride off into the sunset with their legacies in tact. I want a GM with a business background that has dabbled in hockey, not someone with a hockey background that has dabbled in business.

 

[jgatie]

Well, Chara is actually smart and qualified to run a tea, unlike Neely, Bergeron and Rask.

Are you implying that Patrice Bergeron is stupid? That's a new low, even for you.

 

[BruinDust]

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

People realize that being a GM requires more than having played the game, right? And that playing the game isn't a prerequisite to being a good GM?

Let our past heroes ride off into the sunset with their legacies in tact. I want a GM with a business background that has dabbled in hockey, not someone with a hockey background that has dabbled in business.

I'd like to see a Team President from outside the hockey world. Expand the net and find an exceptional candidate.

 

[Blitzkrug]

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

People realize that being a GM requires more than having played the game, right? And that playing the game isn't a prerequisite to being a good GM?

Let our past heroes ride off into the sunset with their legacies in tact. I want a GM with a business background that has dabbled in hockey, not someone with a hockey background that has dabbled in business.

Of course it is! How else is a GM supposed to identify such important traits conductive to winning like, grit, intangibles, and jam without never having put on a pair of skates?

 

[Kate08]

Of course it is! How else is a GM supposed to identify such important traits conductive to winning like, grit, intangibles, and jam without never having put on a pair of skates?

Is that a joke?

 

[trenton1]

The biggest joke is that Bruins were "turned over to" Charlie. Jerry is still the chair of the NHL BoG. They don't let retirees and emeritus on there.

Soften the cap when you get to that table, Charlie.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Is that a joke?

See i was gonna put the sarcasm emoji but i thought it would be obvious enough.

That one's on me lmao.

 

[Kate08]

See i was gonna put the sarcasm emoji but i thought it would be obvious enough.

That one's on me lmao.

Oh thank God haha.

 

[goldenblack]

People used to idolize Neely too. Maybe you're right but part of me doesn't ever want him to go from beloved to ridiculed.

I don't mind the job Neely did. I've explained why.

His teams won way way more games than they lost.

 

[LSCII]

Yes, it's long past due. His tinkering and need to have the Bruins play this wannabe big bad Bruins style that the game moved past is a problem. We have 4th line plugs and grinders with size that are willing to hit in spades. What the team is lacking is high end offensive talent to compliment Pasta. And if Sweeney and Neely are allowed to stick around, that's not going to change.

They need new voices from outside the organization because the players they covet are not working.

 

[DominicT]

Yes, it's long past due. His tinkering and need to have the Bruins play this wannabe big bad Bruins style that the game moved past is a problem. We have 4th line plugs and grinders with size that are willing to hit in spades. What the team is lacking is high end offensive talent to compliment Pasta. And if Sweeney and Neely are allowed to stick around, that's not going to change.

They need new voices from outside the organization because the players they covet are not working.

This management team traded Heinen for Nick Ritchie.

On July 1, they had a contract for Heinen and pulled it off the table once they knew they were getting Nikita Zadorov.

Not a typical Bruins player that Heinen guy.

The job of the president is to stop your GM from making those types of mistakes.

In fact, during Chiarelli's last season, Neely did just that and stepped in and prevented him from pulling off a trade he had in the works.

 

[TCB]

Personally I’d like to see a former Bruin as the president and and outsider as GM

Bergy!!!!!
although i'm in no rush to see Neely go, but once the time has come, for me Bergy is the no - brainer to take over.

 

[Colt.45Orr]

In fact, during Chiarelli's last season, Neely did just that and stepped in and prevented him from pulling off a trade he had in the works.

I've heard that spoken of before --do you know what the purported deal was?

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

I've heard that spoken of before --do you know what the purported deal was?

Coyle for Crosby

 

[PlayMakers]

I just hope the next GM has a proven record of success over a long period of time. I'd also like to see someone who's shown he's capable of assembling a team that can at least get to a Cup Final. I guess, it would help too if he was respected enough to be a former GM of the Year as well, but that last one's not a deal breaker.

 

[Smitty93]

I just hope the next GM has a proven record of success over a long period of time. I'd also like to see someone who's shown he's capable of assembling a team that can at least get to a Cup Final. I guess, it would help too if he was respected enough to be a former GM of the Year as well, but that last one's not a deal breaker.

Personally, this is the last thing I'd want. I know their style isn't completely archaic, but I'd describe the current management as old-fashioned. I want someone who brings a new vision that focuses on where the league is headed: highly skill-based. I don't see that happening if you just hire a retread.

 

[DominicT]

I've heard that spoken of before --do you know what the purported deal was?

I do not exactly, but it included their first round pick.

 

[Number8]

All in or all out (rebuild)

Middle sucks

Couldn't agree more.

All in: Would love it and I was ALL IN when they went for Orlov, Bertuzzi, Hathaway. Fully supportive. But now? I honestly don't think they have the ELC/young talent/horses needed to make it work moneywise or tradewise.

All out: I think Bruins fans would accept a big push to rebuild if it's acknowledged. I certainly would.

Middle: Eeeewwww

 

[Number8]

People used to idolize Neely too. Maybe you're right but part of me doesn't ever want him to go from beloved to ridiculed.

Truer words. Neely was brought in because the fans rioted. Well not Montreal St Pat's Day riot or anything, they just didn't buy tickets. But to old man Jacobs that is just as bad.

So they brought Cam in to rally the fans and we rallied. Now a lot despise the guy and spew vitriol about him and that makes me sad.

Funny though, I doubt many/any would have the cajones to say that stuff to his face. In fact I pretty much guarantee they wouldn't.

Warning to Patrice -- don't touch it. Cam Neely was just as beloved as you are and with good reason. Cam Neely is as classy off the ice (not in terms of hockey management -- but as a person) as Patrice. Just ask one of the thousands of families and little kids who he's helped with the Neely House.

 

[DKH]

There is no human who would be acceptable as Bruins GM or President

No matter who gets the job within 1 year they will be despised

Sure get rid of Sweeney - why not

An acceptable guy does not exist

Neely next to Orr was a hockey God more popular than Bergeron but as he gets older and fabs never saw him play he’s just a boob

Bergeron will age be 60 and a whole new generation will not have seen him play or barley and give 2 shits about him

This magical next guy to do everything right doesn’t exist but in your minds

 

[BruinDust]

I've heard that spoken of before --do you know what the purported deal was?

Wasn't it a trade for Antoine Vermette out of Arizona in 2015? He ultimately went to Chicago for a 1st rounder and Dahlbeck.

Which is somewhat ironic if it was, considering 4 days after Vermette got moved to Chicago, Neely let Chia give up two 2nd rounders for Brett Connolly.

 

[MarchysNoseKnows]

Couldn't agree more.

All in: Would love it and I was ALL IN when they went for Orlov, Bertuzzi, Hathaway. Fully supportive. But now? I honestly don't think they have the ELC/young talent/horses needed to make it work moneywise or tradewise.

All out: I think Bruins fans would accept a big push to rebuild if it's acknowledged. I certainly would.

Middle: Eeeewwww

I don’t agree with the All Out characterization.

Hell 75%+ of this board was over the moon with the moves Sweeney made this offseason. They have seemingly forgotten that.