Would you like to be The Isles GM?

[simbo042]

No, I wouldn't want to turn hockey into work, what would I do with my spare time then?

 

[carparkno1]

I've done 12 years project management in banking under a stressful environment with no money and constant pressure to get results with nothing.

I'm fairly sure I could do better than Garth under Wang as a part time sideshow to my current role.

 

[BrockLobster]

At least I have 18 yrs management experience.... Unlike our current GM

 

[doublechili]

Several hundred thousand dollars to do just about nothing? Yes please.

If Garth slept until 2pm everyday, would anyone notice?

Yes, Wang. He'd have to get his own coffee and then pay for lunch.

 

[The Underboss]

No, because I would be put in a position to fail.

 

[CaptDenisPotvin]

LOL Doc, but I like the follow-up!

However, you should have fleshed this out a tad, perhaps ask people to answer a few questions to get a better sense of their desire like:
1) Why do you think you are qualified?
2) How many contracts have you negotiated with players represented by some of the cheesiest gonads on the planet?
3) Are you willing to look season ticket holders in the eyes and lie like a rug without showing any emotion?
4) Can you live with the enmity of every single Islander fan after Wang makes you the roman messenger of doom?

Voted yes...

1) Managed a 50 million dollar bank for 8 years, Played hockey for 8 years when I was younger, I feel that I am a student of the game and I refuse to lose no matter what the odds are that we are successful. And on a side note I can probably circumvent the cap with the best of them, my former CEO went to jail for 5 years for "cooking the books" for our publicly traded Bank.

2) I am currently a car salesman and negotiate deals on a daily basis with the most unethical, ignorant and some times down right offensive people....the general public.

3) In short, YES...but it would be more like twisting the truth ever so slightly to make whatever situation I'm in become less of a publicity disaster.

4) What would be the doom? I would be the GM and we would be rebuilding for the future, a long extensive run with home grown talent...I just ask you guys, the great Islanders fan base for a little bit of patience

Sooo.....do I have the job?

 

[Le Grec]

No, because I would be put in a position to fail.

If you don't mind, could you elaborate?

 

[The Underboss]

If you don't mind, could you elaborate?

Sure, if you hire someone to run your club you give him a real budget to work with and not use phony accounting to reach certain thresholds. Also, I would believe most owners don't meddle with their GM's on most decisions. GM's in my opinion run the ship and the owner is kept up to date on stuff. My feeling with Wang/Snow relationship is that Snow has to clear things through Wang and for me that would be a non-starter. You either trust me to do the job or you don't. You want a winner and winning product give me the resources needed to do so. You're not going to create a Stanley Cup winner spending in the basement, but I am not advocating spending every single cap dollar either.

That's not to say I don't like a challenge, but taking a position under Wang has failure written all over it.

 

[A Pointed Stick]

Voted yes...

1) Managed a 50 million dollar bank for 8 years, Played hockey for 8 years when I was younger, I feel that I am a student of the game and I refuse to lose no matter what the odds are that we are successful. And on a side note I can probably circumvent the cap with the best of them, my former CEO went to jail for 5 years for "cooking the books" for our publicly traded Bank.

2) I am currently a car salesman and negotiate deals on a daily basis with the most unethical, ignorant and some times down right offensive people....the general public.

3) In short, YES...but it would be more like twisting the truth ever so slightly to make whatever situation I'm in become less of a publicity disaster.

4) What would be the doom? I would be the GM and we would be rebuilding for the future, a long extensive run with home grown talent...I just ask you guys, the great Islanders fan base for a little bit of patience

Sooo.....do I have the job?

No because you were too honest. I don't think you realized the Wangonian subtext in my questions.

 

[Le Grec]

Sure, if you hire someone to run your club you give him a real budget to work with and not use phony accounting to reach certain thresholds. Also, I would believe most owners don't meddle with their GM's on most decisions. GM's in my opinion run the ship and the owner is kept up to date on stuff. My feeling with Wang/Snow relationship is that Snow has to clear things through Wang and for me that would be a non-starter. You either trust me to do the job or you don't. You want a winner and winning product give me the resources needed to do so. You're not going to create a Stanley Cup winner spending in the basement, but I am not advocating spending every single cap dollar either.

That's not to say I don't like a challenge, but taking a position under Wang has failure written all over it.

Thanks for the answer.

So, in your opinion, would you say Snow has his work cut out for him?

 

[The Underboss]

Thanks for the answer.

So, in your opinion, would you say Snow has his work cut out for him?

I would say Snow's been put in a position to fail. That does not excuse the fact that he's made some errors along the way.

 

[Le Grec]

I would say Snow's been put in a position to fail. That does not excuse the fact that he's made some errors along the way.

Fair enough.

But every GM makes errors, and they don't have Wang to blame.

 

[OlTimeHockey]

I would take the job, make sure Wang paid me and then have fun.....telling fans how I was going after so-and-so but said player wouldn't agree to the terms I was allowed to give by my meddling owner....strike one.

Then publicly go into how great Wang is and how he's made the job easy by making all the decisions......strike two.

Then I put in an offer sheet for the three best players to the tune of ten million bucks a piece and don't even stick around to get fired. I hope they sign and Wang has a coronary.

Working for Wang has me thinking of Fight Club the second I started reading this thread!

But, yes, I take the job to blow the whole thing up so it can be started back up the right way as my main goal. Break em down so you can rebuild them, as a drill sergreant would say.

 

[Islanderfan17]

I would.

Fire Cappy, replace with real coach.

Get #1 goalie via trade and/or UFA

profit in points

 

[ScaredStreit]

I would say Snow's been put in a position to fail. That does not excuse the fact that he's made some errors along the way.

I don't think he's in a position to fail. I think that a great GM would have much better results. I do agree that it's not an ideal situation. BUT he knew what he was getting into when he took the job. And he's doing a really poor job. How much of it is his fault, and how much is Wang's fault? We really don't know. But we do know that Snow has quite a bit of mistakes on his hands, and after EIGHT years the team shouldn't be a bottom-feeder anymore. I think that's the common ground that most can agree on.

 

[Poliz24]

I totally would take it, trying to be a teacher on long island sucks.