WartracePred
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Poile taken to hospital [Update: Blinded in right eye]
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BigFatCat999
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this was my first thought. literally ALL of his scouting will be second hand at this point.
ThirdManIn
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He turned 64 exactly one week ago, but yeah I think he is getting close to calling it a career.
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Poile doesn't scout anway. He collects opinions and weights everything everyone has to say and based on some methodical organized process that will be used to ultimately make a decision at some point down the road, in the future. That is until Martin Erat demands a trade, in which chase he has to make a decision on the fly.
However yes, you can still watch a hockey game with one eye, but I think it would be harder for sure.
However yes, you can still watch a hockey game with one eye, but I think it would be harder for sure.
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It would not shock me. With the disappointment of the last couple years, Poile getting old, and now with impaired vision, it seems like it's certainly a possibility he will be moved into some other capacity within the organization.
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Wow this is horrible news. Cant believe I didn’t read about this anywhere... best of wishes to him!
jwhouk
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I have a feeling he might retire a year early after this debacle. They aren't sure how long - if ever - that it will take for him to get sight back in his right eye.
It's going to be a strange rest of the year - and off-season.
It's going to be a strange rest of the year - and off-season.
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unless he has concussive symptoms that persist, I just don't see how losing sight in an eye is a career ender for guy who does his job largely with a telephone
jwhouk
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but nothing that only having one eye will affect. Again, unless he has post concussion syndrome, or just takes this as a sign from God, i don't see why it would force him to quit.
jwhouk
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There had been some rumblings about retirement before the accident. He's also not getting younger. I'd be a tad bit concerned about family medical history (Dad "Bud" had Alzheimer's) as well.
Volde, I don't know if you remember EriksT. Used to post here frequently. Right after his dad died (shortly after Sully debuted with the Preds), his mom had sudden bouts of memory loss. Dementia set in rather fast - and she wasn't "old and decrepit" by any means (she was roughly 65, just retired - though not willingly). The last handful of years of her life were horrible, and it's one main reason why he's living with an uncle in MKE.
I'm not saying a traumatic event would cause something like that in GMDP - that's for people who have letters other than "BS" behind their names like myself to guess and determine. But any sort of impact that close to the brain - and one that screws up your visual cortex - can have a traumatic effect on the system.
It wouldn't surprise me if he did resign or "move upstairs" during the off-season, and hand the full GM duties over to Fenton or someone else.
Volde, I don't know if you remember EriksT. Used to post here frequently. Right after his dad died (shortly after Sully debuted with the Preds), his mom had sudden bouts of memory loss. Dementia set in rather fast - and she wasn't "old and decrepit" by any means (she was roughly 65, just retired - though not willingly). The last handful of years of her life were horrible, and it's one main reason why he's living with an uncle in MKE.
I'm not saying a traumatic event would cause something like that in GMDP - that's for people who have letters other than "BS" behind their names like myself to guess and determine. But any sort of impact that close to the brain - and one that screws up your visual cortex - can have a traumatic effect on the system.
It wouldn't surprise me if he did resign or "move upstairs" during the off-season, and hand the full GM duties over to Fenton or someone else.
Poile doesn't like the telephone. "Call me old fashion but I prefer face-to-face meetings"--- when referencing if he had talked to Weber's (old) agent about an extension after being name captain.
He does watch a lot of film actually. Trying watching a game with one eye. It's doable, but certainly not eye-deal.
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I don't know. How many surgeries? How much time rehabbing? How long will hockey not be his focus? If he was soon to retire, I could see this pushing the time line.
Hey now! Mr. Poile IS NOT OLD.
You young whippersnappers need to quit calling those of US in our 60's OLD.
Shame on y'all!
Viqsi
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Can we still say "oldER", or is that insufficiently respectful?Hey now! Mr. Poile IS NOT OLD.
You young whippersnappers need to quit calling those of US in our 60's OLD.
Shame on y'all!
Can we still say "oldER", or is that insufficiently respectful?
As long as we stay away from 'ancient', I think we're good.
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