Shanahan gone Update May 22: contract will not be renewed

[647Hockey]

Anyone know more about Shanahan's office experience. Did he do a lot of off-ice office and admin work?

All wiki has is after he retired from playing, the league immediately hired him as a VP of business dev. He did some VP roles for 5 years and then Leafs hired him as President.

 

[Mentat]

The first domino falls. About time.
Now, let´s see who´ll get the position and what will trickle down from that moment onward.

 

[AllHeartNoSkill]

To avoid having one individual with too much power or influence?

It always had an architect/engineer feeling to me. One decides what the team should look like and the other had has to figure out how to make it possible.

 

[Craig Button]

I expect him to announce no more President's role, the expansion of Treliving's responsibilities, and that he will now report directly to Pelley / the board.

(Hilarious irony in the fact that Dubas was basically fired for wanting to streamline the decision-making process and bypass the President after trades to blow up the core 4 were vetoed, and now it's Shanahan being shitcanned and the President's role being removed after the core 4 failed).

The trade was Knies+ for Hagel

 

[The Masters]

 

[Incognito]

Brendan Shanahan,

 

[AllHeartNoSkill]

The trade was Knies+ for Hagel

Wasn’t there also a trade for Fleury that got vetoed?

 

[Avilaj07]

One person to keep an eye out on is Chris Pronger.

 

[HockeyVirus]

what a goof

I support this policy tbh. Shanny was all about respect for the organizations history and keeping traditions. He also did a lot of good things for this org.

It was time to move on a few years ago though

 

[647Hockey]

what a goof

Only Leafs pics can be hung near the lockers?

WTF policy is that? Too embarrassed Raps won?

 

[BLONG7]

It always had an architect/engineer feeling to me. One decides what the team should look like and the other had has to figure out how to make it possible.

Having two guys working together on the same page makes a ton of sense............trust me Marc Bergevin was a mess, and no one to report to but the owner, who was busy with condos and at that point let Bergevin do what he wanted..............you don't want one guy with the all the control. Ask the Pens fans....

 

[robertmac43]

Should have happened years ago. Lots of change in bound for how this organization operates.

 

[AllHeartNoSkill]

One person to keep an eye out on is Chris Pronger.

It’s weird that he’s been hanging around TO the last week. I guess he has a little front office experience with FLA, but it would be pretty similar to the Shanahan hiring.

 

[Buds17]

It always had an architect/engineer feeling to me. One decides what the team should look like and the other had has to figure out how to make it possible.

The two individuals should essentially work in tandem (even though President ranks above GM in the organizational hierarchy).

 

[The Masters]

I support this policy tbh. Shanny was all about respect for the organizations history and keeping traditions. He also did a lot of good things for this org.

It was time to move on a few years ago though

LOL

u serious?

Masai built a true winner and delivered a chip. Get outta the way Shanny.

 

[The Masters]

 

[WTFMAN99]

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

The first domino falls. About time.
Now, let´s see who´ll get the position and what will trickle down from that moment onward.

Why do they need someone else to "get the position"? Why do they need more than a coaching staff and a general manager? Never understood it tbh. Let the one guy make the decisions and then there's more accountability and less finger pointing.

 

[The Iceman]

New President LOU
Full circle!!!!

 

[Smif]

In our case we had GM - Pres - CEO - Board

In most cases it's GM - Pres - Owner

Correct?

 

[AllHeartNoSkill]

New President LOU
Full circle!!!!

f*** it! JOHN FERGUSON RISING LIKE A PHOENIX!!!

 

[QJo]

I have this feeling that Shanahan had a great interview with Toronto. A fan turned executive type interview. Passionate, many ideas of long overdue directives that the organization needed. The tear down, the acceptance of lean years, with a vision toward future success. Legends row, alumni relations and honoring. All great things that he did. He went big name hunting. He got all the big fish when he started.
Ultimately after the fervor of taking this franchise in a new and exciting direction subsided and he had to execute his position within a franchise that didn't need retroactive change but instead just high quality results based decisions he faltered. In my opinion, ultimately that is because he is not a great executive. He got his rookie position and succeeded only in the opening stages when his youthful Fandom carried his decisions. When we needed to move forward as a franchise in good standing he made few if any good decisions. (None that come to mind).

 

[ToneDog]

Been a long time coming. What took you so long? Even Evil could have predicted it.

Should have been fired the day he wanted to extend Dubas.

 

[SprDaVE]

In our case we had GM - Pres - CEO - Board

In most cases it's GM - Pres - Owner

Correct?

Isn't the CEO essentially part of the board? But directly is responsible for the hockey operations? I know many big teams have that kind of setup like Pittsburgh, Rangers, etc.

 

[Kalaish26]

First step, hopefully more changes follow from a managerial standpoint (not sure in what capacity), but this alone is not enough. Ownership deserves some heat for being stubborn and not letting him go years ago let alone last year, which I'm guessing they were letting his contract play out.

With that being said, was always appreciative of how he turned this franchise around in his first few years, but this was LONG overdue.