Habs Injuries

[Willie Dog]

Apr 13, 2022 15:15:38 GMT -5 seventeen said:

Apr 13, 2022 11:03:40 GMT -5 PTH said:

Meh. Berg did build a team that made the Finals, he does well in his trades, he did sign some great deals - Price (previous contract) and Pacioretty's 6 year deal, for example.

He was just too much of a one-man show so ultimately some details didn't get the attention they deserved, and too much personal judgment came into play.

I do think he could be of great use as part of a more structured organization with someone who'd have pushback from analytics to show when Berg was going too far off the reservation.

Whatever one thinks of him from the past, I would never hire him for any organization I led. He is too narcissistic and the complete opposite of a team player.

Over his 20 year career, he averaged about 62 games a season. His playoff average is 4 games. His teams missed the playoffs 12 of those 20 years and it would have been 13 if he wasn't traded from a non playoff team (the Pens) to a playoff team (the Canucks) late in his last season. He never won the Stanley Cup. This is not the picture of a winner and there's probably a reason for that besides luck.

Far be it from me to say anything positive about burgerbrain but winning anything in a team sport is more about the collection of people involved than it is about any individual...

Bergs issues, and there a numerous ones, were:

Lack of experience - 1 yr as ass. Gm
Nepotism - hired friends
Egoism - waiver wire pickups
Stubbornness - Markov/Radulov contracts
Control issues - not providing proper organizational support to players
Inferiority complex - Big Bird/mistreatment of Alumni
Lack of professionalism - hides behind a planter
Poor judge of character - Drouin/Kassian
Acceptance of mediocrity - Lefebvre