Yeah. Just the fact that AQ flew to JR's house to convince him to fix this dumpster says a lot. JR isn't signing on to be his puppet, and he did not move to Vancouver just for the greqt Chinese food. He's HHOF builder who wants autonomy. At his age, he can just walk if he doesn't like the job. Until he resigns, I will assume he has full autonomy to do things as the prez.
PA is learning too, but he is sheltered by JR, which is good. And the other AGMs are doing the work too, which we don't see. Facility upgrades, development support (Sedin, Higgy) are all upgraded. It will take yrs to see the results, not just one off season.
The trick now is to see who they want to go with and build with, and who to let go and trade for assets. Yes, they did sign JT and so they picked one. I'm sure some of us will be upset once a fav player is traded, but we all know it's necessary to fix this mess. This season so far has been very trying, and revealed a lot of holes that need to be addressed. Even Bruce and his staff is being tested. I don't think it's a given he is gone next yr. If he proves he can get things done, you never know.