Confirmed with Link: Tim Burke promoted to Assistant GM DWJR to Dir. of Scouting

[Lebanezer]

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[WSS11]

LOL why??

 

[StanleyCup2035]

What a joke. Burke is awful and Doug giving son a job. I am sure his son isn’t the most qualified candidate.

 

[Negatively Positive]

This is a good day for the sons of Deboer and Wilson.

 

[one2gamble]

Burke uhg but at least he isn't scouting anymore

 

[OffSydes]

Watch the draft day video. This is a good move

 

[fasterthanlight]

Watch the draft day video. This is a good move

He spoke confidently, but I am still not too convinced. What are the odds that the best candidate is DW's son?

 

[Alaskanice]

I speculate that Merkley wouldn’t be a Shark had it not been for DWjr. From the video, I feel he is the driving force behind taking that chance.
Also, Burke may not want to travel so much anymore.
We won’t know until DWjr gets more drafts under his belt.

 

[The Nemesis]

Maybe with Burke this is one of those middle managemen/kicked upstairs type situations. Get Burke into a place where he has input and a voice, but can be saved from himself because he no longer needs to be the final say in any particular area of team building.

Like promoting a terrible floor manager to middle management where they're glorified pencil pushers no longer able to do any real "damage"

 

[Led Zappa]

I thought Burke's words when picking Merkley were strange. No thank you to Dallas etc... Just straight to the pick. "The San Jose Sharks pick Ryan Merkley". I wonder if he already knew / didn't have the final say this year and was PO'd at the time

 

[Maladroit]

I'm hoping this is a getting kicked upstairs "promotion" for Burke and he won't have any real influence on hockey decisions. It certainly sounds like that's the case but we'll never get confirmation on something like that.

Very pleased with this move. Frankly it's at least five years overdue. No single person has kneecapped this organization's ability to win a Stanley Cup more than Tim Burke. Setoguchi over Kopitar, Wishart over Giroux, Petrecki over literally anyone else, trading a second round pick to move up TWO SPOTS to pick Mirco f***ing Mueller, passing on Robby Fabbri and the cherry on top of the sundae - Timo Meier over a franchise center in Mathew Barzal. The Pavelski pick doesn't even excuse the embarrassment that is turning two first round picks in the greatest draft of all time into Milan Michalek and Steve Bernier, let alone the repeated disasters of the 15 years afterward.

Burke is a spectacular moron and the Sharks are infinitely better off for having someone like DWJR who seems to at least have a basic understanding of what factors predict NHL success in prospects. Hope he overhauls the scouting staff itself as well.

 

[Coily]

He spoke confidently, but I am still not too convinced. What are the odds that the best candidate is DW's son?

Given our UFA failures, who's to say we can hire anyone better? I'm not convinced we have anything to offer management, scouts, or players at this point.

 

[one2gamble]

I thought Burke's words when picking Merkley were strange. No thank you to Dallas etc... Just straight to the pick. "The San Jose Sharks pick Ryan Merkley". I wonder if he already knew / didn't have the final say this year and was PO'd at the time

I said the same thing. Even my wife was like wtf and she wasn't even paying attention to it

 

[Alwalys]

A little nepotizzz

 

[JoeThorntonsRooster]

I thought Burke's words when picking Merkley were strange. No thank you to Dallas etc... Just straight to the pick. "The San Jose Sharks pick Ryan Merkley". I wonder if he already knew / didn't have the final say this year and was PO'd at the time

He did the same thing when he picked Hertl in 2012. Perhaps a sign of good things to come.

 

[hohosaregood]

This is probably his retirement move. Burke's old.

 

[WSS11]

As long as Burke has no power in his new role to sign FAs or make trades while DW is in his tanning bed we’re good. Hope DWJR proves to be a new direction

 

[Alaskanice]

I thought Burke's words when picking Merkley were strange. No thank you to Dallas etc... Just straight to the pick. "The San Jose Sharks pick Ryan Merkley". I wonder if he already knew / didn't have the final say this year and was PO'd at the time

LZ,
Burke hasn’t done any differently that I can recall. He’s traditionally straight to the pick without all the banter. He’s there to pick a player not anything else.

 

[Maladroit]

Regardless of whether DWJR is the best candidate he's sure as hell better than Burke. A spreadsheet of draft eligible players' junior stats would literally be a massive upgrade over Burke and I'm sure DWJR knows how to use Excel.

 

[Led Zappa]

LZ,
Burke hasn’t done any differently that I can recall. He’s traditionally straight to the pick without all the banter. He’s there to pick a player not anything else.

He's never been a Richard Simmons, but I've watched every draft since Kaspar and this year he caught my attention. All I know is I never said WTH was that before, but maybe that's just me and one2gamble and his wife

 

[hohosaregood]

He's never been a Richard Simmons, but I've watched every draft since Kaspar and this year he caught my attention. All I know is I never said WTH was that before, but maybe that's just me and one2gamble and his wife

You have made me go back and watch prior 1st round drafts, Burke's typically just a "san jose selects *guy* from *place*". However, this is the first year DW Jr. has been up at the podium with everybody so it's possible this changing of the guard has been in the works for a while.

 

[DG93]

Shuffling of the chairs on the deck...

 

[Led Zappa]

You have made me go back and watch prior 1st round drafts, Burke's typically just a "san jose selects *guy* from *place*". However, this is the first year DW Jr. has been up at the podium with everybody so it's possible this changing of the guard has been in the works for a while.

But did he say it the way he said it this time?

Sorry I made you go through that!

 

[LeeIFBB]

What’s next, Mike Potenza promoted to Surgeon General?

Let S/4Hana run the team.

 

[Juxtaposer]

I strongly feel this is a “promoted into a dead-end” type of deal for Burke. What does an AGM even do?

Regardless, this can only be an improvement.