The strange case of Iain Duncan

[DEANYOUNGBLOOD17]

I remember the Jets weee playing Calgary In The playoffs ….,

The home town announcer was comparing Fresh faced Duncan a rookie to Hull and Niewendyke a / 2 fresh faced rookies for Calgary…..

I’m going …… yeah spin it any way you want but our guy is shit and those Calgary guys are awesome!

 

[DEANYOUNGBLOOD17]

I met Smith in 91-92 summer Canada cup tourny. Picked him up at the airport .

Came off as smug and arrogant just as he appeared to be on Tv….when interviewed.

I believe Smith was a mistake in the Jets past when owners went with the backstabber/ 2 nd in charge in the wings to Ferguson.

Reminds me of a red headed ex / girlfriend ( commie lover) !

-2 old 80 year guys sitting on a park bench!/
- hot blond roller skates by and 1 old man says to the other …. “ Did u ever sleep with a hot blond like that?”
- many of times replied the other older gent
- A hot bruenett walking a dog strolls by…. “ Did you ever sleep with a dark haired beauty like that?”
- many a time replied the other older gent!

Then a fiery red head runs by jogging “ Did you ever sleep with a hot # / firely red head like that?”

- “ Not a wink !!! Kept 1 eye opened at all times !” Replied the other old gent!

 

[Jets4Life]

Another thing to consider, since Mike Smith had gone behind John Ferguson's back in Winnipeg (and with the Rangers many years prior!), why are we overlooking Barry Shenkarow's part in all of this? He's not exactly discouraging Mike Smith to come to him before Ferguson got the boot, why are we to assume that John Paddock wasn't doing the same thing to Smith in and around 1993 leading up to that draft?

For one thing, there are many accounts of Smith doing this, and the fact that Ferguson never spoke to him again after he was let go in 1988. There are absolutely no people on the inside that suggest Paddock ever did an underhanded thing like Smith did.

The 1992 draft year isn't a strong class (IMO), and was it Mike Smith making the final decision in all of those picks by the 1993 draft? I'm skeptical that Paddock didn't have more than enough input in the decision making by that point in time.

Smith was the GM. He called the shots until January 1994.

BTW, Paddock drafted Selanne, not Smith. The bottom line is it's the GM who calls the shots, and Fergie was GM. We can speculate all we want, but in the end it still remains speculation.