Many said that his recent history hasn't done well, and that's he's too old school. I always sted that both Babcock and Lou would have to change.
Think back to the hiring threads a year back.
Am I really? Or was this just for public consumption? Regardless, had max bonuses been on the table all along. What took this deal so long as it was reported Lou and his agent were talking? Not sure why you are so sensitive on this? I believe Shanahan stepped in, and we will probably never know either way. So that is that.
No conspiracy... Just Lou being Lou.Would you like some tinfoil with your conspiracy theory?
So you believe some baseless speculation that Lou still operates like he did in N.J., and then tweets came up saying that Lou operates differently here in T.O, and that there was no tension/problems signing Matthews, and in fact the contract was done in about 10 minutes, but you still hold Lou and his past ways accountable. Yes you're wrong, and b your logic you have to agree that Florida, Chicago, Tampa, NYI, Edmonton, etc., when they didn't sign their first overalls until mid July - early September, that higher ups also stepped in ?
He'll make as much as he can in Toronto and then head home to Arizona. After all, he's a good ole Arizona boy.
I don't think max bonuses were on the table all along. That's not how a negotiation works. The team doesn't go "we drafted you #1 OA here's the most lucrative contract we can offer."
It's only a cave if Lamoriello started with "we absolutely refuse to give bonuses." I don't think he did. I think he started at a lower point and then came up to meet Matthews because of the kind of player Matthews is. Which is what his quote reflects.
We traded Bryan Adams to the United States?
Must be all that Canadian tire money under the table that got him to sign.
You have no proof, or even back up on this. Its a joke. For all we know it could of been figuring out the benchmarks for the bonuses. Which we don't know yet.
We traded Bryan Adams to the United States?
I guess you're convincing yourself with this "kaboom?"
The english thought he was coming home until the eleventh hour, we shipped him to New York for Tracy Morgan.
How did they work out all those details people were talking about earlier in this thread in just ten minutes?