Petey Castiglione Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 While I'm as frustrated as anyone with the team currently, I'm not sure what you guys expected him to say? Yeah he's stating the pandemic changed things and that they have a plan but its not like any GM is going to lay out that plan and spell it out for us. Neither are they going to say that they're throwing in the towel for the season, not a way you build a winning culture (EDM or BUF anyone?). These are hardly "dark days", but I'd rather him stay the course than make panic moves to try and salvage an irregular season. Even if we don't sell at the trade deadline, we don't need to be buyers either. Ride out the season and reset for next season. Coaching, well there's a different story.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24K PureCool Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Warhippy said: This is the only seriously concerning thing for me The deficiencies shown by the special teams and defensive aspect are glaringly obvious and have been for some time. If it isn't time to at least consider replacing some of the coaching staff then when is? Well even if he has plans to do so he ain't gonna broadcast it to everyone and essentialy fire coaches on the air. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, CR7 said: Right, Baummer is awful. Newell is good but gets super complacent... I'd be curious as to how much input either ass coach takes from the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Squamfan Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 29 minutes ago, b3. said: This interview was amazing - I did not think he could top “ran out of time”. #ThankYouJim imagine a situation were there fan in the building and the canucks are getting blown out and they start chanting "THANK YOU JIM" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, Warhippy said: This is the only seriously concerning thing for me The deficiencies shown by the special teams and defensive aspect under Newell and Baumgartner are glaringly obvious and have been for some time. If it isn't time to at least consider replacing some of the coaching staff then when is? After their next contract expires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Most of what he says is 100% true but it doesn’t instil much confidence to hear the GM dish out excuse after excuse. Fans have not forgotten that he set the bar as making the playoffs, now it seems like he’s pretending like we’re still in the middle of the “retool”. Fans just want a clear direction. Are we a team that’s building or are we a cap team pushing for playoffs. I get that you can be both, but hanging on to expiring contracts can only apply to one of those teams. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BlastPast Posted March 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2021 Where's the controversy? Team gets off to a poor start- exacerbated by the schedule/lack of practice time- then starts to perform better and the results begin to turn around. Unfortunately it's a shortened season so there is less time to recover from their poor start. If they continued to perform as they did the first 15 games then I would understand the outrage bit they clearly have not. Here is where an intelligent observer would wait to see how things play out the rest of the year. There are internal options for improvement in the future; this is a team that needs continued additions to get to the next level. This is not a complicated situation. 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ey40 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 He gave a BS answer to a question "what gone wrong in the 7 years when (Benning) said the Canucks will be a contender in the next 3/4 years when he first got the job". He just talked about the trade deadline when asked if the Canucks can make the Playoffs. He said he will wait (again!) after the trade deadline to negotiate the contract of Pattersson and Hughes. What have we Canucks fans done to deserve a GM like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josepho Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Petey Castiglione said: While I'm as frustrated as anyone with the team currently, I'm not sure what you guys expected him to say? Yeah he's stating the pandemic changed things and that they have a plan but its not like any GM is going to lay out that plan and spell it out for us. Neither are they going to say that they're throwing in the towel for the season, not a way you build a winning culture (EDM or BUF anyone?). These are hardly "dark days", but I'd rather him stay the course than make panic moves to try and salvage an irregular season. Even if we don't sell at the trade deadline, we don't need to be buyers either. Ride out the season and reset for next season. Coaching, well there's a different story.... I want this loser to take accountability for ruining this hockey team. As much as I hate him, I'd be applauding him if he at least acknowledged that he's made mistakes, and plans on adapting how he manages in the future. And he clearly doesn't think so, talking about "waiting until later" for the deadline and contract talks. Instead it's just "oh the pandemic and stuff" (as if no other team has had to deal with this), "every team has a bad contract", blaming the struggles on being in what is likely the league's worst division and a bunch of other bull$&!#. Legitimately baffling that anyone, at any point, defended this imbecile. Edited March 5, 2021 by Josepho 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhukini Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Canada is too good for us to compete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ey40 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 22 minutes ago, Squamfan said: 1040 WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZING TODAY I agreed 100%. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-SN- Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 All of the excuses are things all the other teams had to deal with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ey40 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Given how weak the North Division is and the Canucks still cannot put up a fight means a lot about the team Benning assembled. Its a shame that the owner still gave a vote of confidence to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24K PureCool Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Josepho said: I want this loser to take accountability for ruining this hockey team. As much as I hate him, I'd be applauding him if he at least acknowledged that he's made mistakes, and plans on adapting how he manages in the future. Instead it's just "oh the pandemic and stuff" (as if no other team has had to deal with this), "every team has a bad contract", blaming the struggles on being in what is likely the league's worst division and a bunch of other bull$&!#. Legitimately baffling that anyone, at any point, defended this imbecile. You are essentially wanting him to resign on air. Never gonna happen. Blame Aqua. It is his prerogative. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EP Phone Home Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Did they ask him what’s the deal with OJ being put on the taxi squad? I didn’t hear anything when he was on the Rintoul show on 650. You’d think that’s a question that needs to be asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlastPast Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, dork said: Did they not turn around and make it to the playoffs the next year? Just because he said they are going to be very competitive in two years doesn't mean they won't be sooner. I think the implication there is that they will be even better in two years; that sounds feasible. They have also been very competitive as recently as this past summer and for the last few weeks this season. This is just a case of people interpreting things as cynically as possible to justify their outrage. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josepho Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, 24K PureCool said: You are essentially wanting him to resign on air. Never gonna happen. Blame Aqua. It is his prerogative. Admitting that you're learning from previous experiences (you don't even have to say "mistakes") and plan on approaching things differently moving forward is not resigning on air. GMs should be constantly adapting -- even the actual good ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Patience to see through to the end of a rebuild, isn't a strong suit of fans on this board. We showed last night, that we can compete. We're playing better now that the team has had a little rest and a little practice time. As the other teams start and catch up on schedule and playing a lot more games in a shorter period of time, hopefully we can gain some ground on the rest of the division. Really not that worried about this year, knew when we wound up with a flat cap, that it was going to be difficult to really have the depth that we needed to be as strong as we were at the end of last year. Anyone who thought otherwise, really wasn't being realistic. This coming summer is our opportunity to really turn the corner and complete the rebuild, we can buy out LE and make space for more young players like Podkolzin, to join the team next year, and hopefully take advantage of some more bargains that are out there, due to the cap being flat for at least a couple more seasons. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silky mitts Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Ep40 and hughes going to be asking how can we commit long term to this $&!# show ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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