Popular Post Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted June 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2023 Shoutout to @NuckLuck19 who mentioned this another thread earlier today: Let the Aquahate resume! 2 2 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrJockitch Posted June 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2023 My favourite player, maybe our worst executive. He brought in Benning and then lost in a palace coup. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakrami Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Everything's about balance. Obviously this organization is too much tilted to the shortsighted category. Trying to make the playoffs every year is the theme and failing miserably. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, DrJockitch said: My favourite player, maybe our worst executive. He brought in Benning and then lost in a palace coup. Translation: Linden was the one that brought Benning is so he is partially culpable in his own demise. Amazing there are still Benning nut huggers. An average player that was a journeyman type of career as a Canuck that stuck a shiv in Linden's back while having an average at best performance as the GM of the Canucks after 7 years. I rank that up there with how Keenan treated Linden. Edited June 14, 2023 by NewbieCanuckFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Odd. Posted June 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2023 Benning singlehandedly set us back 6 years. 2 1 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Bob.Loblaw said: Shoutout to @NuckLuck19 who mentioned this another thread earlier today: Let the Aquahate resume! Aquilini dumped Nonis for not trading futures in hopeful win now moves. Gillis followed the direction (with great success) but he too was fired when suggesting a rebuild was needed. Now this with Trevor. Hopefully our new management can do what Gillis did but win that extra game. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post awalk Posted June 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2023 The key part of that interview is when he says they tried to play both sides too much, aka re-tooling on the fly. It doesn't work, you just end up confused and in the mushy middle. Have to lean into being bad when the team is bad. Don't know why ownership never accepts it. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Just now, awalk said: The key part of that interview is when he says they tried to play both sides too much, aka re-tooling on the fly. It doesn't work, you just end up confused and in the mushy middle. Have to lean into being bad when the team is bad. Don't know why ownership never accepts it. Maybe the owner doesn’t trust us fans to support the club during the deep diving years? Ironically we supported the Benning years though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awalk Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Just now, Alflives said: Maybe the owner doesn’t trust us fans to support the club during the deep diving years? Ironically we supported the Benning years though. Seems like it. Ironically I'd say being in the mushy middle is worse for the fans than being a draft lottery team picking top 3 or even top 5 after a season like we just witnessed. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 6 minutes ago, awalk said: Seems like it. Ironically I'd say being in the mushy middle is worse for the fans than being a draft lottery team picking top 3 or even top 5 after a season like we just witnessed. The Benning stain is not so easy to wash out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PhillipBlunt Posted June 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2023 Only reinforces how shortsighted Aquilini has been. 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bishopshodan Posted June 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2023 Very bad ownership. The rumours are true. Please sell. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 29 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: Only reinforces how shortsighted Aquilini has been. He should've asked Linden for advice: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Just now, NewbieCanuckFan said: He should've asked Linden for advice: Okay I have wanted to know for years now... He says eyeglasses will cost you as much as...and then it shows a puck going into a net and he says...you get the point. I don't get the point. Eyeglasses cost as much as a goal? As much as a puck? This commercial never made sense. Explain or take your number down from the rafters Trevor. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) "Listen Francesco, we need to start the rebuild process right now or..." <Trevor clicks button and TV screen in Francesco's office shows the Seinfeld episode about the Manzier> "...you get the point." Jim Benning: We need to do something about Trevor. Edited June 14, 2023 by Kevin Biestra 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnBurner Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 59 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: Only reinforces how shortsighted Aquilini has been. From what I understand, FA only took control in 2012. Coincidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuckLuck19 Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 36 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: Very bad ownership. The rumours are true. Please sell. That was my take. For a long time I defended Acquilini suggesting alot of rumour mongering, and no facts. As someone who's met him and had a long conversation with him years ago about the Canucks (over 1/2 hour), I came away thinking, this guy is a huge fan like all of us. So it was hard to believe he would meddle so much. I guess being a fan doesn't mean you get how to run a hockey franchise. As a result, given Trevor never really was specific on why he left (again rumours) I assumed it was more rumour mill stuff. But that interview closed the loop, he finally came out and said, that he wanted to rebuild and felt it was needed but others did not. Clearly, the others are Acquilini and Benning just towed the line. I can't see Benning being the strong dissenting voice that over ruled Linden, Benning was meek. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando27 Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Was there still doubt that Aqua was running this team? 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Let's wind the clock back to 2014. Who else was available that Linden could have chosen to hire? It's sad he had to pay the price, because the guy you hire is supposed to follow your vision. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24K PureCool Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 2 hours ago, awalk said: The key part of that interview is when he says they tried to play both sides too much, aka re-tooling on the fly. It doesn't work, you just end up confused and in the mushy middle. Have to lean into being bad when the team is bad. Don't know why ownership never accepts it. Rumour is Francisco wants to win a cup asap before his dad ultimately kicks the bucket within the decade or so. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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