Marc Bergevin 1st interview since being fired

[HuGo Sham]

I blamed Molson, but my god, bergevin is such a paranoid, whiny, little bitch

Chronique | La sérénité et l’héritage de Marc Bergevin

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Known fact............Houle was the front man or a puppet for a one Mr Ronald Corey, this is who you are really talking about.
So, to recap, Houle was a puppet who was told to reduce payroll to less than 30 M, and Bergevin a clown, with the ability to spend to a cap upwards 70-80M.

It's a very close race............one was dealt a bad hand, and it wasn't Bergevin.

Doesn't matter. The resumes aren't even close. You can get a crappy mandate and still not come out with the losses that Houle did. There's nothing that Houle didn't do worse. Less results, worse returns, gave up better pieces and picks, whatever, you name it. Houle was way worse.

 

[417]

I don't think anyone expected that. Some might have expected him to recognize his mistakes a bit more.

There's a spectrum between patting himself on the back for a job well done and blasting himself.

I don't personally think he was over the line, it was a pretty muted interview. At a few points in the interview he talked about things he would take back. Sounds like he recognizes his mistakes but its kind of unrealistic to expect him to beat himself up in an interview about it.

People just don't like him and that's fine, but lets not act like he was extoiling his virtues either.

 

[JianYang]

As destructive as houle's regime was, I gotta give credit for that 1998 draft.

Ribeiro
Beauchemin
Markov
Ryder

Quite the haul.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

Doesn't matter. The resumes aren't even close. You can get a crappy mandate and still not come out with the losses that Houle did. There's nothing that Houle didn't do worse. Less results, worse returns, gave up better pieces and picks, whatever, you name it. Houle was way worse.

Bergevin was the worst gm in Habs history. One was trying to win while the other wasn’t.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Bergevin was the worst gm in Habs history. One was trying to win while the other wasn’t.

Yeah and one got better results. It wasn't Houle. Not even close.

 

[HuGort]

Kind of a testament of all I didn't like about MB. It's not about what you do good or bad in a vacuum, it's about the whole picture.

Closer to his departure, accumulating picks was the right move as the team was crashing down quickly.

But early on in his tenure, he was gifted a solid core with a stud in each key position except center: a top 10 goalscoring winger, a Norris caliber defenseman, the best goalie in the league. Trading a first pick or two might have been a good move.

Ultimately, the Habs inability to draft/develop solid players is the biggest weakness of the franchise though.



I strongly disagree, but just wanted to point one thing out.

This team that's "mostly his", has finished 32nd, 28th, 28th and currently ranks 29th in the whole league. By the time it's climbing the standings again, it would be disingenuous to continue calling it "his" team.

Unless you were sarcastic?

Lol. Lost two first ballot hall of Famers while Habs fell. No team can survive that. Not Berg's fault.

Lasting 10 years in Montreal hard to do. Never mind getting to finals. Last 5 GMs couldn't do it. This clown we have now won't neither. Hughes off to bad start. Barron, Dach, Newhook costs us 4 first round picks with little back.