Captain Aerosex Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Same thing as when AV got fired; I'm not gonna give (ex)GMMG crap. We saw our best years as an organization with him at the helm, he was a part of that. He was a part of the crash too, but he helped piece together some great teams here. Best of luck to you Mike Gillis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vansicle Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Not sure how I feel about this, MG has made a TON of mistakes, but I don't know who is available that could be better. My grandmother is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Why Feaster? He wouldn't even acknowledge the Flames weren't contenders for about 3 seasons. That right there is a long term, serious error in judgment that will break a team for many more seasons to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver_surfer Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 The fact that every player had an off season is pretty key that there is a problem with the coach. I was really excited when he was first hired, not afraid to admit that I was wrong, just really disappointed. I am now horrified at the thought of Torts and Jay Feaster together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfruits Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Bruce Garrioch has no idea what he is talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Couldn't even wait until the end of season. Very classy owners.Lots of folks around here will be overjoyed -should be interesting if MG is replaced by Feaster.Be careful what you wish for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Jay Feaster is what every 'hater' on these Forum's deserves .. he will be YOUR GM .. oh Gawd, but this is gonna be fun .. all of you will be changing accounts faster than TigerSingh on a Tuesday ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Somewhere, Burkie and Nonis are sharing a good laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 One of my biggest concerns is this. The owners want to sell tickets and next year was going to be an issue. Something had to be done in order to give fans an unknown, something to "see"...reason to buy in. So a reactionary thing is to stay onside with them and give them what they chant for...hey, they want this so let's keep the ticket buyers happy. People will be "excited" now....they'll want to see. They'll "believe" all over again. Obviously, owners want the best for the team but running right alongside of that is their desire for people to keep showing up. So motives are split in that they obviously are scrambling to make sure those tickets are sold next year. We'll now get the "new and improved" campaign. I'll reserve judgement until I see what unfolds.... Sorry, I'm a bit of a party crasher that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Rio Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 totally agree with you firing AV and gillis have to be this organizations worst moves in their history. Now it's basically a guarantee we will suck for 5-10 years. Gillis was just starting to rebuild this team (kassian, horvat, shinkaruk, Maithas,) they fired him to early. what the heck you talking about? Gillis fired AV to save his own arse. Why did he fire him then? Why has this team drastically declined since 2011? Didn't improve or stay competitive after 2011 like Chi and Bos, only gotten worse every single year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrible.dee Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 This could have a lot to do with Aquilini not trusting Gillis to make the Kesler deal in the offseason. That could be one of the most important trades in the history of this franchise, It could also have something to do with Gillis turning down what ANH offered at the trade deadline: Etem or Pallmieri, OTT 1st, and ANH 1st 2015 Gillis said no, Brian Murry was reportedly "Shocked" Maybe the Aquas were too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Gillis said he wouldn't ask anyone to waive their NTC. My guess is that this now clears the way for someone new to come in and implement their own systems and where necessary ask players to waive. Going to be an interesting summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdeath Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 It's easy to question Francesco and the boys for some of their decisions, but I don't honestly think they're Jay Feaster stupid. Going to be an interesting few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Darren Dreger @DarrenDreger Subject to change: we should learn more in next day or two regarding Linden as Canucks president and process to hire Gillis' successor. Dregs still sticking to the script about Linden. Is he trying to save a better candidate for President to help save Nonis' butt? I'll wait until I see something concrete that Linden's involved at all before I believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 No dude, it's the drastic decline in only 3 years, while teams like Chi and Bos keep improving. From SCF, out in 5, out in 4, no playoffs....That is a problem What??? We won the presidents trophy again in 2012, and lost in the first round cause our best player was out from an incredibly dirty cheapshot. Last year was the year where we took a step back, it was clearly time to reshift and refocus the organization. That started this season, and it tooked to have some promise before massive injuries slowed this team in its tracks that left most of the players played remarkably bad in the 2nd half. But either way reshifting this organization wasn't going to happen overnight, they had to have some patience & atleast given him the 2nd year to follow through on what he started at the draft. Forget everyone else, forget missing the playoffs, most of the bad stuff that has happened involving Gillis has been bad luck. And thats the truth not an excuse. Think about it. In the middle of trading a valuable asset in Luongo a lockout happens, a new CBA is brought in and the CBA destroyed that asset's value which forced him into dealing Schneider. Thats the goalie situation. Then you have this season where the team was going well, and they hit a massive amount of injuries that derailed the season and we couldn't come back from it. And so-on and so-forth. I've not a fan of everything Gillis has done, but to me its the wrong time. This to me is the beginning of the downward spiral, it didn't start 3 year ago. Get ready to pick McDavid next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neversummer Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Fi-re WIl-son got him fired the next day. Fi-re Gil-lis got him fired the next day. That really works! Wasn't a Gillis fan but never feel good when a good person loses a job. It was time for a change. Last year it was AV ... this year it's Gillis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 ya by hiring him in the first place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tystick Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Wow! I don't know if this is a good idea I'm sort of neutral on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kassians_fist Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Bout time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denguin Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Maybe MG was so fed up with the chants yesterday and just decided to walk out a la Patrick Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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