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jkrdevil

jkrdevil

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Figured it would be best to start a thread discussing possible replacements for the GM position.

I'll start it off with two potential people they may target. Eric Tulsky out of Carolina or Mike Gillis, the former Canucks GM.

Long shot...the owners try and beg Lou to come back, though I think he is still under contract with the Isles.
 
If it's not Fitz (and I doubt it will be if his vision doesn't align with the owners) then I have no ****ing clue who it would be. What big-name GM's are available who would be more in line with win-now, Doug Wilson?
 
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McPhee maybe? He did a great job with Vegas and seems to have learned from that Forsberg disaster.

As long as it isnt Chiarelli or Pierre I'm good
 
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I don’t think the devils are in a win now mode. I don’t think they’re super far off either however. It’s definitely the beginning of a transitional period - do you sell vatanen and palmieri etc and get more prospects and stuff or do you keep adding to the team and wait for nico and Hughes to really hit their stride in a year or two? Gonna be interesting to watch.
 
Fitz seems to be a good choice to me. Maybe his little stint on the bench provided the owners with some insight. Maybe he feels the team should be better than what they were with Hynes and the coach was the first chip to fall. His view of the team may align with the owners more than Sheros.
 
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Billdo said:
Fitz seems to be a good choice to me. Maybe his little stint on the bench provided the owners with some insight. Maybe he feels the team should be better than what they were with Hynes and the coach was the first chip to fall. His view of the team may align with the owners more than Sheros.
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I would be worried he could become an ownership yes man.

Ownership has not made it clear what the vision of this team is so I have little trust in them being leading voices.

I never want ownership poking their heads in decisions too much in any sport.
 
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Emperoreddy said:
I would be worried he could become an ownership yes man.

Ownership has not made it clear what the vision of this team is so I have little trust in them being leading voices.

I never want ownership poking their heads in decisions too much in any sport.
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I dont think thats necessarily true (ownership not having a vision)

Ownership has been pretty open about their original desire to build through the draft up until before this year, where they (mainly Harris) discussed his desire to take that step forward and be competitive this year

We arent and so I believe thats why this happened
 
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Ownership has to be involved, but not too involved. Basically involved enough to set the direction of the team from a big picture standpoint, hire the right people to execute the vision and then step back. If things don’t work then to step in and make the necessary changes.

You don’t want ownership that is involved in individual trades/moves and gets involved personnel decisions based on personal feelings (I.e Jerry Jones or Dan Snyder). But you don’t want ownership who is absentee and let’s things fester long after change is needed.
 
jkrdevil said:
Ownership has to be involved, but not too involved. Basically involved enough to set the direction of the team from a big picture standpoint, hire the right people to execute the vision and then step back. If things don’t work then to step in and make the necessary changes.

You don’t want ownership that is involved in individual trades/moves and gets involved personnel decisions based on personal feelings (I.e Jerry Jones or Dan Snyder). But you don’t want ownership who is absentee and let’s things fester long after change is needed.
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Yeah people are acting like this is the Haslams firing everyone after a year or two. That's not what's happening here yet. Lou's last three years here and the drafting before it were enough to suggest a change was needed there. Our lack of progress under Shero and him likely telling the owners they needed another rebuild (just look at their pushback saying the results weren't there in the presser) suggest a change was needed here too.
 
I have a very hard time buying Fitz as a replacement when he’s been a big part of the front office decision making and implementation so to speak of things the last four years.

He would need to really put a good sell forward on what he would do differently, what’s been learned from last few years. He’s one of Shero’s lieutenants so it’s not like he was installed to undercut Shero or be there as fallback and whispering to owners.

I get other teams have interest in him as an executive but this might be a case where an outside brain and fresh landscaping vision is needed.
 
Traitor Zach said:
I have a very hard time buying Fitz as a replacement when he’s been a big part of the front office decision making and implementation so to speak of things the last four years.

He would need to really put a good sell forward on what he would do differently, what’s been learned from last few years. He’s one of Shero’s lieutenants so it’s not like he was installed to undercut Shero or be there as fallback and whispering to owners.

I get other teams have interest in him as an executive but this might be a case where an outside brain and fresh landscaping vision is needed.
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100.
 
Lou


Anyone triggered yet?



But seriously he should come back for 1 game to retire as a devils gm.
 
Willing to give Fitz the interim here to see what his vision is and how he rides things out.

Owners know he's in demand elsewhere so they gotta be handing him the reigns fully for remainder of the season to see what he can do.

Far as outside candidates go, anyone's guess.
 
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