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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1779145" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>For a new regime to retain the interim coach and AHL coach they inherited is genuinely quite strange. But of course it's not really a new regime, it's just an internal palace coup against Stan Bowman.</p><p></p><p>No credit to Bowman who left an absolute mess by any measure, but if the prospect pipeline is so bare, responsibility goes further than just the man at the top, nevermind needing change to institute the change in style of play they are purporting to seek.</p><p></p><p>This is overstating it, the DeBrincat and Mrazek trades are a joke regardless, but it's true TB made an offer no one could refuse for Hagel.</p><p></p><p>Agreed on all counts. Then why is King still here? This organization has now literally across three generations of leadership had a pathological inability to just move on from likable good soldiers in coaching and management who aren't fit for purpose.</p><p></p><p>It's always just assumed without analysis that's the strategically correct move. I don't think it was for this Blackhawks situation, especially when the lack of market for DeBrincat revealed itself, double especially if Kane and Toews really don't want to leave.</p><p></p><p>But none of that was ever analyzed. It was absolutely damn-the-torpedoes to tank in the most aggressive fashion ever seen in hockey from the day Davidson took the job. And sports discourse is such that neither he nor the people that hired him ever face real questions about the WISDOM of doing that, never mind the obviously odious morality of it. That's why they do it! Tanking is a get-out-of-criticism-free card.</p><p></p><p>This is exactly what I'm talking about. No it isn't.</p><p></p><p>It's only a plan if there's a strategy to maximize resources, and we have already seen that there's not.</p><p></p><p>Sam Hinkie was a total failure with the Sixers for that reason. I suspect Davidson is going to be more insulated from consequences than Hinkie was because of the way the Blackhawks operate, goodness knows how bad it will get. Good luck to Conor Bedard if he has to walk into this mess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1779145, member: 746137"] For a new regime to retain the interim coach and AHL coach they inherited is genuinely quite strange. But of course it's not really a new regime, it's just an internal palace coup against Stan Bowman. No credit to Bowman who left an absolute mess by any measure, but if the prospect pipeline is so bare, responsibility goes further than just the man at the top, nevermind needing change to institute the change in style of play they are purporting to seek. This is overstating it, the DeBrincat and Mrazek trades are a joke regardless, but it's true TB made an offer no one could refuse for Hagel. Agreed on all counts. Then why is King still here? This organization has now literally across three generations of leadership had a pathological inability to just move on from likable good soldiers in coaching and management who aren't fit for purpose. It's always just assumed without analysis that's the strategically correct move. I don't think it was for this Blackhawks situation, especially when the lack of market for DeBrincat revealed itself, double especially if Kane and Toews really don't want to leave. But none of that was ever analyzed. It was absolutely damn-the-torpedoes to tank in the most aggressive fashion ever seen in hockey from the day Davidson took the job. And sports discourse is such that neither he nor the people that hired him ever face real questions about the WISDOM of doing that, never mind the obviously odious morality of it. That's why they do it! Tanking is a get-out-of-criticism-free card. This is exactly what I'm talking about. No it isn't. It's only a plan if there's a strategy to maximize resources, and we have already seen that there's not. Sam Hinkie was a total failure with the Sixers for that reason. I suspect Davidson is going to be more insulated from consequences than Hinkie was because of the way the Blackhawks operate, goodness knows how bad it will get. Good luck to Conor Bedard if he has to walk into this mess. [/QUOTE]
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