-Vintage Canuck- Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baratheon Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Wait when was that scouting meeting supposed to be? The one mentioned in the presser. They didn’t fly to Vancouver to be fired did they?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKSR Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Brandon... Benning??? Any relation?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Odd. Posted May 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 6, 2022 Next up, fire Trent Cull. Who the hell plays a 2nd round defenseman as a forward. 8 2 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, HKSR said: Brandon... Benning??? Any relation?? yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BureBurrito Posted May 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) Benning Bros....be gone! Their junior scouting has been mostly misfiring the last 7 years... Edited May 6, 2022 by BureBurrito 1 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) Not surprised to see Brandon Benning let go, for obvious reasons related to his last name. More surprised with Conacher and Lenardon, who are both very experienced. Conacher (former GM in Utica) is almost overqualified. However, they were IIRC part of the Western Canada regional scouting, which is an area where the team has been perceived as underperforming. Derek Richard, I have no idea what he does. I saw one article where he talks a lot about scouting for “body language,” which reads (rather comically) like a scene from Moneyball. (EDIT: Richard was a crossover scout for the Canucks) That all said, Drance follows up his tweet saying this isn’t performance based: Edited May 6, 2022 by SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted May 6, 2022 Author Share Posted May 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, HKSR said: Brandon... Benning??? Any relation?? He’s the son of Jim Benning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKSR Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, JM_ said: yep Just now, -Vintage Canuck- said: He’s the son of Jim Benning. Ouch... imagine seeing your dad fired from his job, then losing your own job from the same organization.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: He’s the son of Jim Benning. Yes, and he was unfortunately the same son who was viciously attacked at Yaletown last summer. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Interesting, as I thought the main scouting problem was the pro scouting dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6of1_halfdozenofother Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, HKSR said: Ouch... imagine seeing your dad fired from his job, then losing your own job from the same organization.... Imagine seeing your son fired from his job, then still retaining your position as "senior advisor" to the same club while hanging out in Florida... *coughcough*blackhawks*cough* Edited May 6, 2022 by 6of1_halfdozenofother 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckinEdm Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 15 minutes ago, HKSR said: Brandon... Benning??? Any relation?? Pretty sure its Jim's son. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 15 minutes ago, JM_ said: yep How did that slip through the cracks? Everything takes time I guess. LOL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6of1_halfdozenofother Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 13 minutes ago, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said: Not surprised to see Brandon Benning let go, for obvious reasons related to his last name. More surprised with Conacher and Lenardon, who are both very experienced. Conacher (former GM in Utica) is almost overqualified. However, they were IIRC part of the Western Canada regional scouting, which is an area where the team has been perceived as underperforming. Derek Richard, I have no idea what he does. I saw one article where he talks a lot about scouting for “body language,” which reads (rather comically) like a scene from Moneyball. (EDIT: Richard was a crossover scout for the Canucks) That all said, Drance follows up his tweet saying this isn’t performance based: I suppose that's one way to trim payroll, considering all the senior management they brought on board. But to say that it's not necessarily a reflection of their abilities - I can't say the amateur scouting department has been doing that great a job either for the last number of years. They probably waited until the baby 'nucks were knocked out before dropping the axe, and made the decision based on the general lack of drafted talent on that team. The truth is probably a combination of both cost-cutting and performance-related. Plus #becausebenning for good measure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCKER67 Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Payroll? Looking at our scouting department, let's see,...we have Benning, Conacher, Lenardon, .....wait a sec. Benning? Mr. Rutherford, we have a problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6of1_halfdozenofother Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, Muttley said: How did that slip through the cracks? Everything takes time I guess. LOL. Firing without cause would likely result in a lawsuit, and ultimately tarnish the brand. His family ties to the former GM is not a good enough reason to fire him if they can't identify a suitable "just cause" as an excuse. JR is savvy enough to protect the brand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 They are making room to poach Janecyk and Fargher from the Sens and Kitamura and Armstrong from the Lightning...with an open job offer to Al Murray as head of scouting 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 9 minutes ago, Odd. said: Yes, and he was unfortunately the same son who was viciously attacked at Yaletown last summer. I believe it was reported that younger brother Nicholas Benning was the one assaulted. Brandon Benning (the scout who just got fired) is the older of Jim Benning’s two sons. Jim Benning also has two daughters, Danica and Isabella. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RakuRaku Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 It's about damn time!!!! Whoever recommended Juolevi to JB lol...... but seriously... we haven't had much luck with draft picks that could turn out to be useful players other than the obvious core players now.... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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