Confirmed with Link: It's Started! (Management firings)

[Pens x]

I mean, no one in Penguins ownership (old or current) supported that, so why on earth was he hired?

He was an awful hire regardless of the ownership’s intention. Mario royally f***ed up hiring sleepy. He took the job because no other team would hire him, and there are only 32 teams. This will undoubtedly be his last GM job.

This isn’t hindsight - hiring Hextall was a head scratcher at the time it was announced.

The most frustrating part of this whole debacle is sleepy was too dumb to learn from his countless mistakes in Philly. You have to question his intelligence after the last 2+ years.

 

[Pittsburgh1776]

He was hired with the impossible task of winning a cup while stocking the prospect cupboards.

He had new leadership come in and didn’t present a detailed vision to them about what he truly believed (rebuild).

He caved and didn’t stand up for what he fwlt was best.

So again, being cowardly got him what he deserves.



Not bad? No playoff wins in 5 years.

Stay in denial.

I wanted a total retooling around the big three. That never happened. Just vanilla moves and old guys past their primes, mixed with two goalies we all knew weren't ready for prime time. And vets like Rust who lost the fire years ago and mail in a lot of the games.

Hextall could have done most of that in 2 years, instead we got Carter and the boys. He was a bad hire from day one IMO; maybe he couldn't articulate a vision to FSG because he didn't have one. The 'he was a coward' schtick from Yohe et al seems an easy cop-out; maybe he's just an incompetent manager with non-existent communication skills whose teams made the playoffs only four times in seven years; his teams have never won a single playoff round. That he was ever hired to run an organization with five Stanley Cups and one of the top five players in league history still playing at a high level is among the worst decisions this team has ever made IMO.

 

[Turin]

He was hired with the impossible task of winning a cup while stocking the prospect cupboards.

He had new leadership come in and didn’t present a detailed vision to them about what he truly believed (rebuild).

He caved and didn’t stand up for what he felt was best.

So again, being cowardly got him what he deserves.



Not bad? No playoff wins in 5 years.

Stay in denial.

The best way to run franchises is to ignore all contextual data after all.

 

[Gurglesons]

The best way to run franchises is to ignore all contextual data after all.

It was quite obvious management thought our window ended and then we randomly pulled out a 1st overall season in the Metro during a COVID year.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

While I wish that Meathead Mike would’ve been joining him, I really hope that the Hextall shitcanning went something like this…

How The “Hex” Was Rid Of

 

[Pens x]

Essentially blamed Hextall for players failing vs Sullivan and his usage of McCann, how Sullivan kept playing Carter in all situations, etc.

It's like deflection porn orchestrated by Mike Sullivan's PR Team.

He goes off about Nepotism hire with Ron Hiring his son. Yet apparently ignored the multiple friends being hired by Mario and JR - essentially made the nepotism and favouritism a Hextall problem when it predates him by a few decades.

It's such a disgusting article. It seriously makes me pissed off that this is a team I've been a fan of for this long.

Hextall has had a very serious problem hiring friends or family for years. There is a difference in hiring friends for tv or crap like that which Mario is guilty of big time. But circus clown sleepy hired friends to be coaches and scouting gigs - much more prominent positions. If you are going to do that, your team better be damn good and those family members better be solid, not Dave Hakstol.

I bet we will hear some wild stories about how dysfunctional this team was since Hextall and Burke were hired.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

I wanted a total retooling around the big three. That never happened. Just vanilla moves and old guys past their primes, mixed with two goalies we all knew weren't ready for prime time. And vets like Rust who lost the fire years ago and mail in a lot of the games.

Hextall could have done most of that in 2 years, instead we got Carter and the boys. He was a bad hire from day one IMO; maybe he couldn't articulate a vision to FSG because he didn't have one. The 'he was a coward' schtick from Yohe et al seems an easy cop-out; maybe he's just an incompetent manager with non-existent communication skills whose teams have failed to make the playoffs most of the time and never did any damage the few times they did make it. That he was ever hired to run an organization with five Stanley Cups and one of the top five players in the game still playing at a high level is among the worst decisions this team has ever made IMO.

I’m not going to defend him, so…

I think he was a clown.

Again, he recognized things needed to change and the SOS wasn’t working. He would have rebuilt the team without most of the Get Along Gang, but he clearly lacked the courage to follow through.

Fans can’t let go of their heroes, for whatever reasons.

So he caved and did some hatchet job shit that I can’t even explain away the logic.

The fact he didn’t have the stones to follow through on his own vision is a pretty clear sign he was an all time colossal shitty hiring.

A GM has to be your leader, not a follower.

You believed this path was doomed to fail, but you followed it anyway because of cowardice?

Now you got fired —

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

If he can even land a job, it’ll be something behind the scenes.

‘Cause that’s where his bed’ll be placed amirite?????

Wait!!! Who are we kidding!!! He’ll sleep through any interviews or potential callbacks.

amiriteorwut???….

 

[BusinessGoose]

‘Cause that’s where his bed’ll be placed amirite?????

Wait!!! Who are we kidding!!! He’ll sleep through any interviews or potential callbacks.

amiriteorwut???….

I heard the reason the team waited overnight to fire him is he put his phone on airplane and fell asleep in the hotel room before they could speak with him

 

[Headshot77]

We fire the GM, an AGM, and the President and y'all are like it isn't enough. This is HUGE and you're collectively acting like it's a half-measure. Bloodthirsty, all of you.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

FSG Wants to Build Forward-Thinking, Proactive Hockey Operations Machine | Pittsburgh Penguins

It hasn't been a great day for hockey, to say the least.For the first time since 2006, Pittsburgh isn't preparing for the playoffs following their regular-season finale, which took place last night in Columbus… and this morning, the Fenway Sports Group announced that the Penguins had relieved...

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-Wants to build forward thinking, proactive hockey operations machine
-Keeps coach whose ideas worked half a decade ago and prefers veterans who suck over hungry youth

Gee, no disconnect there at all.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

We fire the GM, an AGM, and the President and y'all are like it isn't enough. This is HUGE and you're collectively acting like it's a half-measure. Bloodthirsty, all of you.

As we should be….

Good coaches turn shit into diamonds…not the other way around…

Especially for 6 going on 7 f***ing years now…

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

I heard the reason the team waited overnight to fire him is he put his phone on airplane and fell asleep in the hotel room before they could speak with him

I bet Rip-Van-Hextall forgot to pack his phone completely….

 

[Ryder71]

count again

Oh I counted just fine. I was factoring in the fact that we didn't make the playoffs, therefore we are not winning anything this season.

 

[HandshakeLine]

People criticize Hextall for almost losing Malkin, but I'd 100% rather my GM plays hardball with my star players and ends up getting a good deal over my GM caving and giving my star players whatever they want.

Yeah, caving is reserved for washed up 4Cs and HCs.

(I get what you're saying Emp, I just thought it was funny that we gave such horrendous deals to junk only to give the Conn-Smythe winning guy who pulled a PPG season such shit.)

 

[Pens x]

The commonwealth of Pennsylvania needs to ban Ron Hextall from ever stepping foot here again. He stole millions of dollars simply by being employed and ruined two professional teams.

Coach Sullivan will assist the transition by helping pick an even more clueless GM who will allow him to remain coach here as long as he wants. Yippee!

It will be challenging to find a more clues GM than Hextall. He’s not a smart man.

 

[mpp9]

I mean cool. We can all do that. That doesn't mean we deserve to be the GM of a f***ing professional hockey team. I can respect that from a human side but it literally has absolutely nothing to do with hockey.

Here is what I guaran-damn-tee. If you are man, woman, or anything and everything in between... IF YOU CAN SCORE AT A MCDAVID CLIP - you will be paid 10+M and you will gladly be accepted on any and every NHL team.

f*** I'd trade Sid right now for that human if they are putting up 150 pts.

McDavid’s game log for the season is hilarious to look at.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

Yea it really sucked having a point per game 2nd line center again.

Yeah, Malkin at 6.1M is the least of the team's problems. Really weird hill to die on.

 

[Pens x]

Hextall’s legacy as Pens GM will be akin to Scaredy Squirrel.

I touched on this last summer and the Malkin Maniacs got all bent, but Hextall never wanted him back.

Yet he never had the courage to follow his own vision for this team and let the fans incessant whining force him into keeping the Get Along Gang together.

That milquetoast attitude was his undoing.

That and his overall stupidity.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

I mean, no one in Penguins ownership (old or current) supported that, so why on earth was he hired?

I guess it answers the question of why he wouldn't write down his plan. He basically lied to get the job then got all boo-boo faced about the job he was hired for. f***ing loser.

 

[ColePens]

McDavid’s game log for the season is hilarious to look at.

He's so f***ing unreal He's playing against pros who know he's insane. And still not stopped. And he plays the whole night.

If they can figure out how to get some Cups in EDM... watch out.

 

[Pens x]

People criticize Hextall for almost losing Malkin, but I'd 100% rather my GM plays hardball with my star players and ends up getting a good deal over my GM caving and giving my star players whatever they want.

It’s a moot point when he pisses away the cap savings on crappy players.

 

[Coastal Kev]

I’m still waiting on apologies from several people who mocked my “impending doom” for the franchise.


Told you so

 

[Andy99]

Yep, the dreaded “we’ll learn from this” rears its ugly head…be better than this Sid! Lol

 

[ncm7772]

Welp, see ya later!!! (Lloyd Christmas tone)

(Hextall and Burke, that is)