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ChiefGritty
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Mr. Tibbs
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bdutts
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ChiefGritty
Mr. Tibbs said:
where’s Bob “Pully” Pulford when you need him for the organ I zation ?
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There is definitely a feeling of reemergence of some deep, dormant Wirtz stuff in all of this.

Maybe it skips a generation?

Because as much as the firing of Stan Bowman was a big change of direction marker for the team (when Rocky was still alive FWIW), Davidson was an internal hire, he's never had a real job in hockey outside of the Blackhawks. They basically just handed the reins to the spreadsheet whiz kid in the office.

John McDonough, Scotty Bowman and Joel Quenneville in about a one year span in 07-08 is the only time there's been an injection of outside ideas in living memory. (And even then, Stan Bowman was a longtime staffer, Q was brought on as a scout before they made him coach, there has never been a "we're going to go to market and find somebody to change the direction" moment really)

Dale Tallon gets a lot of credit and deserves it for building the dynasty, but he's every bit as much of a shape-shifting Wirtz hanger-on as Pulford was, he was just better at it.
 
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Mr. Tibbs
ChiefGritty said:
There is definitely a feeling of reemergence of some deep, dormant Wirtz stuff in all of this.

Maybe it skips a generation?

Because as much as the firing of Stan Bowman was a big change of direction marker for the team (when Rocky was still alive FWIW), Davidson was an internal hire, he's never had a real job in hockey outside of the Blackhawks. They basically just handed the reins to the spreadsheet whiz kid in the office.

John McDonough, Scotty Bowman and Joel Quenneville in about a one year span in 07-08 is the only time there's been an injection of outside ideas in living memory. (And even then, Stan Bowman was a longtime staffer, Q was brought on as a scout before they made him coach, there has never been a "we're going to go to market and find somebody to change the direction" moment really)

Dale Tallon gets a lot of credit and deserves it for building the dynasty, but he's every bit as much of a shape-shifting Wirtz hanger-on as Pulford was, he was just better at it.
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I had high hopes & expectations with this next Wirtz generation. I can’t believe how terribly he’s fumbled the ball .Its as if 100% of his attention has been to what going on outside the west side of the stadium
 
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Illiniaaron
I feel like tonight’s game has taken on more importance than a Nov. 12 game normally would. I would think there is some pressure for the Hawks to show some improvement tonight. Another butt kicking and the fan base will be rolling its eyes even more.
 
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bdutts
Mr. Tibbs said:
I had high hopes & expectations with this next Wirtz generation. I can’t believe how terribly he’s fumbled the ball .Its as if 100% of his attention has been to what going on outside the west side of the stadium
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Actually I didn’t. Danny doesn’t seem to have the same vision Rocky had. He’s more like Peter Wirtz who was a clone of Bill.
 
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