Not a rumor, just some toughts

[Habs_fan_in_LA]

Jan 15, 2010 15:04:18 GMT -5 Doc Holliday said:

Jan 12, 2010 10:05:05 GMT -5 BadCompany said:

It will be interesting to see what Gainey does this year, at the trade deadline. He will undoubtedly be under an enormous amount of pressure to not only make the playoffs, but to actually do something once there. So in that respect I definitely see him as being a buyer, even if that's not the best long-term interests of the team.

If the team falls short, if Gainey's moves backfire, I can see him walking away, either of his own volition, or with the point of a sword in his back. While some may think that's a good thing, I look at the list of potential replacements and wonder if it really is. In my opinion, in this order, here are Gainey's potential replacements:

* Pierre McGuire
* Jacques Martin
* Patrick Roy
* Pierre Gauthier

So we have to ask ourselves, is sacrificing a D'Agostini for a rental in the hopes of saving Gainey's job worth it? Or would we be better off as minor sellers and one of the above directing the team this summer?

To me Martin, Gauthier is more of the same, if the Molsons aren't happy with Bob's direction, I'm not why they'd want to put his lieutenants at the top. If the Molsons are happy and Bob walks on his own, well, they'll probably to preserve his direction and go Martin, Gauthier, Timmins or even Brisebois.

McGuire seems to toot his own horn (again), he might be buddies with one of the Molson (and to what extent we don't know) but in the end he just doesn't have the resume for the job.

If the Molsons want a completely spin on things than Roy is that. Polar opposite of Bob for sure. Roy has been running (as a one-men show) a junior team for a few years, he knows the game, he's agressive and driven to success... He's also hot headed and temperamental... It would definitely be a huge marketing coup to put him there but it could backfire... high risk/high reward...

To me putting Roy in is like hiring Mario Tremblay.
1. Hot headed.
2. No experience. (running a Jr. team doesn't make me hand over the reins)
3. Over inflate the importance of ex-hab player must be good GM.

Again, to me, there is no better job than running the Montreal Canadiens. (Actually I would rather be the captain and play for them)
I like both Gionta and Gomez but their salaries are handcuffs. I like Gainey but his record of asset management is terrible. I like our scouting organization but their record of finding premier talent is terrible.
Serge Savard, Rejean Houle and Roy are worse than Gainey, and as soon as the right guy is found he will go. We need patience, first to get the right man, second to let him clear out the mess and then to allow him to build a team properly. Quick fix won't work.

[Habs_fan_in_LA]

Jan 15, 2010 15:13:24 GMT -5 Doc Holliday said:

Jan 15, 2010 15:03:05 GMT -5 Habs_fan_in_LA said:

1. We are up against the cap and Atlanta is not.
2. Bringing up an old thread, Quebec still has the highest tax rate in North America.
3. His name is not LeKovalchouk.
4. Being born in Ontario 5 miles from the Quebec border isn't pure laine enough for some fans. Born in the USSR, by Bruce Springsteen??
5. 6,000 reporters are waiting to crucify his every move in two languages instead of 3 cub reporters in Atlanta.
6. Koivu wasn't bilingual enough when he visited sick children in hospitals.
I'd love to see him in the flannel, but I don't think it will happen.

I feel a definite wind of belittling the Quebec fans in this post... Dryden, Robinson, Kovalev, Muller, Naslund and many others could tell you that they felt right at home here. "pure laine" or not.

Sorry Doc. I'm not belittling the fans. They are passionate and demanding. Some are French, some are English, some are prejudiced and some are not. Taxes are what they are.