We have a GM problem

[statswatcher]

Why is it his job to provide a thesis when the GM didn't turn in his own homework assignment?

team didn't go from historically bad to drafting 14th overall this year and now we're supposed to just let people assert that doing what stanbo did and desperately holding on to a malformed roster is to be preferred over rebuilding through the draft. you're mad as hell, but you're still watching games, so clearly we haven't made it to "not gonna take it anymore".

 

[Clownish]

An absurd reaction to pointing out the GM hasn't met HIS STATED GOAL.

 

[Hawkaholic]

I love how this is the worst team and the homers still defend it bc they're suckers.

There are more effective ways to build a team than burning things down and indefinitely crossing your fingers.

I repeat, Kyle Davidsons OWN WORDS were that a repeat of last season was NOT acceptable.

Excuse me for holding someone to their own standards.

Defending what? It's a rebuild. This is how rebuilds work. You suck, usually for 3-5years, and then you get better when your prospects you drafted high, get older.

Name another team who did a rebuild differently, and was successful? No one cares what Davidson said, most people realize it's very difficult to improve much from one of the worst teams in the cap era, in one offseason.

 

[Hawkaholic]

An absurd reaction to pointing out the GM hasn't met HIS STATED GOAL.

Any one with a brain would take his words with a grain of salt. There was pretty much no way this team was going to improve in the standings, no matter who he signed this offseason.

 

[GIADF]

Defending what? It's a rebuild. This is how rebuilds work. You suck, usually for 3-5years, and then you get better when your prospects you drafted high, get older.

Name another team who did a rebuild differently, and was successful? No one cares what Davidson said, most people realize it's very difficult to improve much from one of the worst teams in the cap era, in one offseason.

Who would you consider to be successful full tear down and rebuilds?

 

[statswatcher]

An absurd reaction to pointing out the GM hasn't met HIS STATED GOAL.

typing in all caps doesn't get your point across any better. just comes across as a tantrum.

"his stated goal" (sorry, "HIS STATED GOAL") was public relations nothing speak. he didn't want to ice one of the worst teams of the cap era again this season, and so he hasn't. team is better by virtually every metric, fancy or otherwise, other than the standings. turns out it's not very hard to jump over a bar as low as "historically bad". probably why he publicly aimed for "not as bad as last year" seeing as how it would almost have been harder to not improve at all. for the most part improvement has been marginal. some of it has been stark. e.g. we do not talk nearly enough about how this team went from the sixth worst penalty kill last season to the sixth best as it stands now.

is any of this to say that kd has been particularly impressive as a gm, or that i would stick my neck out for him? no. he hasn't done anything worth being given overly much credit for so far. this is all just to say that your greivances in particular, and those of others who agree with you are ridiculous and unfounded. i suspect you are just hollering to holler, because you certainly haven't offered anything worth thinking about so far.

 

[Clownish]

That's a lot of chatter in favor of the GM for someone who isn't going to stick their neck out on his behalf. I may not yet be to the point of "not gonna take it any more" but I'll stick around to point out the silliness of Blackhawks PR wanna bees.

 

[statswatcher]

That's a lot of chatter in favor of the GM for someone who isn't going to stick their neck out on his behalf. I may not yet be to the point of "not gonna take it any more" but I'll stick around to point out the silliness of Blackhawks PR wanna bees.

you aren't "pointing out" anything at all. you are just making things up to be upset about, which is puzzling because there's plenty to be displeased with in hockey and the world at large without fabricating bullshit.

 

[Pez68]

I bet I can guess a bunch of poster's ages here just based on their posting personality.

 

[Taze em]

Hot take: Firing people for not meeting a goal one year is a great way to have a revolving door, no continuity, and no longterm success.

Bonus points if that "goal" was unspecific and longterm inconsequential.

Bonus Bone Points if under your administration you've developed a nothing prospect in to a top 2D, built an envied prospect pool, planned for and won a lottery through a bold strategy, and convinced two top UFA to sign to market-correct medium term contracts when your team is mid-tank.

 

[ColbyChaos]

I'm still really surprisred that the reigns to the rebuild of an original 6 franchise was given to a rookie GM

Were you hoping for Chiarelli or Bergevin