Popular Post MaxVerstappen33 Posted October 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2022 All we needed was a coaching change. There was a few of us who did not like the idea of firing Benning. I relaunched my account specifically to protest the idea of firing Benning. For one reason. Because i was afraid of who would replace him. It would sure be nice to have firing the GM as an option now. But we spend that option already. To be fair , i don't think Rutherford has done anything that Benning wouldn't have done yet. But that is going to change. Everyone in the league knows that Jimmy is desperate. Make sure your fire insurance is up to date if you live in the city. 1 2 14 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post -AJ- Posted October 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2022 Just now, Coconuts said: This. I was in the coaching change mentality, not a GM change, but honestly, the past is the past and I'm ready to focus on what we have now instead of what we had in the past. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, -AJ- said: This. I was in the coaching change mentality, not a GM change, but honestly, the past is the past and I'm ready to focus on what we have now instead of what we had in the past. There are lots of moves over the last couple seasons I wish we hadn't made. Trades, signings, and so on.. but you don't get to go back and redo those things. All you can do is move forward. Discussion is all well and good, speculation and what if's can be interesting, but at some point you've gotta look at what you can do in the present. Right now we've a struggling team that may or may not continue to snowball tonight, we should be focused on what may or can be done about it going forward with the management group we've got. Maybe we turn it around and make it or miss, maybe things continue to spiral and we're out of the race by Christmas. Maybe trades or firings happen, maybe we stay the course. Should be interesting in any case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Provost Posted October 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2022 1 hour ago, MaxVerstappen33 said: All we needed was a coaching change. There was a few of us who did not like the idea of firing Benning. I relaunched my account specifically to protest the idea of firing Benning. For one reason. Because i was afraid of who would replace him. It would sure be nice to have firing the GM as an option now. But we spend that option already. To be fair , i don't think Rutherford has done anything that Benning wouldn't have done yet. But that is going to change. Everyone in the league knows that Jimmy is desperate. Make sure your fire insurance is up to date if you live in the city. Anyone still supportive of Benning at this point has to be a close relative or have significant Cognitive issues. Almost a decade and he managed to turn a fringe playoff team with a bad prospect pool into a bottom dwelling team with cap issues and an even worse prospect pool. It is actually difficult to be that incompetent. 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxVerstappen33 Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Provost said: Anyone still supportive of Benning at this point has to be a close relative or have significant Cognitive issues. Almost a decade and he managed to turn a fringe playoff team with a bad prospect pool into a bottom dwelling team with cap issues and an even worse prospect pool. It is actually difficult to be that incompetent. Benning's body of work was way more middle/average than his critics ever imply. You can argue that it was time to move on. But only if you really believe you have a new guy who will be an improvement. Don't rings bro me. Come to think of it , Messier and Keenan were rings bro signings. And so was Benning Edited October 23, 2022 by MaxVerstappen33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSVII Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 The only thing 1 hour ago, MaxVerstappen33 said: All we needed was a coaching change. There was a few of us who did not like the idea of firing Benning. I relaunched my account specifically to protest the idea of firing Benning. For one reason. Because i was afraid of who would replace him. It would sure be nice to have firing the GM as an option now. But we spend that option already. To be fair , i don't think Rutherford has done anything that Benning wouldn't have done yet. But that is going to change. Everyone in the league knows that Jimmy is desperate. Make sure your fire insurance is up to date if you live in the city. You need to care and to burn down the city. I think apathy will set in. Everyone's just tired of seeing this core fail. At least we can dispell with some outdated notions. This city can handle a proper scorched earth rebuild. We're almost at the point of begging for one now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) 35 minutes ago, MaxVerstappen33 said: Benning's body of work was way more middle/average than his critics ever imply. You can argue that it was time to move on. But only if you really believe you have a new guy who will be an improvement. Don't rings bro me. Come to think of it , Messier and Keenan were rings bro signings. And so was Benning Not even remotely true in objective reality… no GM had as bad a winning record and didn’t get fired really quickly. https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/canucks-hockey/nhl-gms-who-last-7-years-are-typically-a-lot-more-successful-than-jim-benning-3897497 Edited October 23, 2022 by Provost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Master Mind Posted October 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2022 Benning should have been fired after the 2020-21 season, if not earlier. You don't keep an incompetent GM because you're afraid the replacement will be incompetent. 1 2 1 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivethej Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Rutherford has been a dismal failure. Old senile man in retirement that ownership somehow thought was upgrade over Benning. All he did was hire all his friends from Pittsburgh and hire another rookie GM. Bruce is gonna get fired when he isn't to blame and Rutherford is looking for a reason to get rid of him when he didn't want to even bring him back in the first place, despite Bruce turning the team around last year, Pettersson getting back on track and cleaning up all the messes Travis made. Rutherford and his management team aren't much if they can't see the Canucks have the worst D in the league and haven't done anything to improve it. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivethej Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Master Mind said: Benning should have been fired after the 2020-21 season, if not earlier. You don't keep an incompetent GM because you're afraid the replacement will be incompetent. How is it Benning was still employed after Linden left, which was the only reason he was even hired in the first place, because they briefly played together with the Canucks. What is with former players Linden, Geoff Courtnall ruining the organization with their influence and stupid recommendations for hires which were epic failures. Edited October 23, 2022 by fivethej 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivethej Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 3 hours ago, MaxVerstappen33 said: To be fair , i don't think Rutherford has done anything that Benning wouldn't have done yet. But that is going to change. Everyone in the league knows that Jimmy is desperate. Make sure your fire insurance is up to date if you live in the city. Rutherford calls up Pittsburgh to have a fire sale of Canucks top players for Pens hot garbage. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxVerstappen33 Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share Posted October 23, 2022 14 minutes ago, fivethej said: Rutherford has been a dismal failure. Old senile man in retirement that ownership somehow thought was upgrade over Benning. All he did was hire all his friends from Pittsburgh and hire another rookie GM. Bruce is gonna get fired when he isn't to blame and Rutherford is looking for a reason to get rid of him when he didn't want to even bring him back in the first place, despite Bruce turning the team around last year, Pettersson getting back on track and cleaning up all the messes Travis made. Rutherford and his management team aren't much if they can't see the Canucks have the worst D in the league and haven't done anything to improve it. The franchise made the same mistake yet again. They hired Rutherfraud because of his rings. Just like they hired Benning from the Bruins. Plus Messier and Keenan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefCon1 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 4 hours ago, MaxVerstappen33 said: All we needed was a coaching change. There was a few of us who did not like the idea of firing Benning. I relaunched my account specifically to protest the idea of firing Benning. For one reason. Because i was afraid of who would replace him. It would sure be nice to have firing the GM as an option now. But we spend that option already. To be fair , i don't think Rutherford has done anything that Benning wouldn't have done yet. But that is going to change. Everyone in the league knows that Jimmy is desperate. Make sure your fire insurance is up to date if you live in the city. So you wanted the architect of this loser team that has been the GM for 8 years, still lead the team and be the GM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefCon1 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Provost said: Anyone still supportive of Benning at this point has to be a close relative or have significant Cognitive issues. Almost a decade and he managed to turn a fringe playoff team with a bad prospect pool into a bottom dwelling team with cap issues and an even worse prospect pool. It is actually difficult to be that incompetent. These supporters of Benning sound worst than supporters of the Iranian islamic regime. Give it up already 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefCon1 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 6 minutes ago, MaxVerstappen33 said: The franchise made the same mistake yet again. They hired Rutherfraud because of his rings. Just like they hired Benning from the Bruins. Plus Messier and Keenan. Benning was just the water boy for Boston, he was never a GM before Canucks hire him. Not sure what you are talking about? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefCon1 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Master Mind said: Benning should have been fired after the 2020-21 season, if not earlier. You don't keep an incompetent GM because you're afraid the replacement will be incompetent. Yep, thats the loser mentality, being aftraid of the replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefCon1 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 21 minutes ago, fivethej said: Rutherford calls up Pittsburgh to have a fire sale of Canucks top players for Pens hot garbage. At this point the Pens hot garbage are playing better than Miller who just stands in the middle and watches the puck go into our net. I mean I could play better than him right now and I cant even skate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Master Mind said: Benning should have been fired after the 2020-21 season, if not earlier. You don't keep an incompetent GM because you're afraid the replacement will be incompetent. The common sense of this statement really hits you like a hammer doesn’t it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DownUndaCanuck Posted October 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2022 Sadly I was a JB fan - he always addressed the team needs. Sure, he made some rash decisions and handcuffed us with bad caps, but he was a great drafter and pulled the trigger instantly when we needed it. Now we have the opposite - a conservative management team, bad draft history but great at cap management (although you could argue Miller and Mikheyev are big overpayments...). I'd much rather have JB behind the wheel right now. Sadly Green cost him his job and he didn't have the guts to fire Green, so he gets canned instead. JB right now would wipe this team clean, take on some bad contracts and load up on picks and prospects. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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