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Topic Started: Jul 7 2010, 12:38 PM (854 Views)
Shooter
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For a moment there I thought you were responding to your own post...long day here... :D
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4CUPZ
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NOTHING PERSONAL BUT I4C
WHAT HYSTERIA
NOTHING IN THIS THREAD OR THE MOULSON GOES TO ARBI...ONE EITHER
MORE TALK ABOUT WHAT HE SHOULD GET
BUT I WOULDNT CALL IT HYSTERIA
THEN AGAIN AFTER THIS WEEKEND
WHAT WOULD
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:angry: He is sooo good at being a GM, let's add Head of Amateur Scouting to his title and see how good he REALLLY is.

What PISSES ME OFF about this even moreso is that he had an opportunity recently to become GM of another franchise and refused it becuase of his commitment to the Islanders. Furthermore, he recently had his dad pass away.

Way to kick somebody while they are down, Wang. :bag:

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Dr. Generosity,Jul 7 2010
04:56 PM
I agree that Snow isn't a bad GM.  But I am furious this afternoon about Janks being let go.  This is ugly news, just an abysmal decision by the Islanders.  There better be a really, really good explanation for this, because Janks is one of the few scouting directors we've had that seemed to have a freaking clue.  And he actually attended games outside Saskatoon.

Okay, I'll go rant in the Snowjanks thread now.  Just had to get that off my chest here, since I opened this @#$! thread.

It trims operating costs, and we've been losing money hand over fist for 10 years. (cue the woe is me clip). It's a business that's in decline, not a hockey club. Between the cutbacks and the gimmicks to get cash from the fan base there are a thousand holes in the dike (hey now keep it PG-13 :bag: ) and they keep sticking pieces of gum to fix it, when it's time to rebuild the entire dike.
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Webb20,Jul 7 2010
04:41 PM
and they keep sticking pieces of gum to fix it, when it's time to rebuild the entire dike.

Sounds like our Government.
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DiPi,Jul 7 2010
07:01 PM
Webb20,Jul 7 2010
04:41 PM
and they keep sticking pieces of gum to fix it, when it's time to rebuild the entire dike.

Sounds like our Government.

I agree with you but we try to avoid the political stuff.

;) :cheers:
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It trims operating costs, and we've been losing money hand over fist for 10 years.  (cue the woe is me clip).  It's a business that's in decline, not a hockey club.  Between the cutbacks and the gimmicks to get cash from the fan base there are a thousand holes in the dike (hey now keep it PG-13 :bag: ) and they keep sticking pieces of gum to fix it, when it's time to rebuild the entire dike.


oooooh....ok. I'll keep it clean.

The decision makes me thing of the phrase "penny wise, pound foolish". So we are going to save on a salary of Director of Scouting... one of the people in the front office/management committee/insert title here... who have been doing a good job?

OK. Makes sense. :puke:
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4CUPZ,Jul 7 2010
04:12 PM
NOTHING PERSONAL BUT I4C
WHAT HYSTERIA
NOTHING IN THIS THREAD OR THE MOULSON GOES TO ARBI...ONE EITHER
MORE TALK ABOUT WHAT HE SHOULD GET
BUT I WOULDNT CALL IT HYSTERIA
THEN AGAIN AFTER THIS WEEKEND
WHAT WOULD

4cupz... nothing personal taken and I hope overspeed doesn't take it that way. It wasn't meant towards him specifically but rather in general to the many posts I've seen on that topic. I've seen 10 complaints about Moulson going to arbitration. This is sooo commonplace and such a non-story, but its like there is a sky is falling mentality because we didn't get IK, which was a 10-20% shot at best anyway.

I'd be making a bigger deal about losiing our director of scouting since that is the one thing we've been doing well the past 4 years...and is kinda important to a rebuild, but what do I know?
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On point blank posters were saying after the "good news" today, now the "bad news" about Janks.
Did I miss something? What's the "good news"?
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rifleman22,Jul 7 2010
08:09 PM
On point blank posters were saying after the "good news" today, now the "bad news" about Janks.
Did I miss something? What's the "good news"?

THE GOOD NEWS WAS THE RIGHT THINGS "TEAM KIRILL" WAS SAYING
FUNNY HOW YESTERDAY PETROV HAD AN ATTITUDE
BUT TODAY HE'S BACK TO SAVIOR STATUS


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stevedepot,Jul 7 2010
06:29 PM
DiPi,Jul 7 2010
07:01 PM
Webb20,Jul 7 2010
04:41 PM
and they keep sticking pieces of gum to fix it, when it's time to rebuild the entire dike.

Sounds like our Government.

I agree with you but we try to avoid the political stuff.

;) :cheers:

Maybe he was hoping the Chinese would buy some Islander bonds
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stevedepot,Jul 7 2010
02:33 PM
The worst part of Parenteau signing was, the following day on the main NYI site, on the right side of opening page was a picture of Parenteau in a Rangers home jersey.

A REAL Islander fan would NEVER allow that. You want to market a player, don't just cycle in the stock image you have of them to your graphics team...the website is for ISLES fans. Idiots.

:thumbsdown:


As for Snow...if Greg Wyshnutsack feels that way about him, god bless him.

Garth Snow is such a good GM that he doesn't even have to make an offer to top free agents. As a matter of fact he is so damn good...without EVER being able to sign a top free agent. He is so damn good at making his annual top 5 pick in the draft.

Garth Snow is so damn good that I fully expect him to be named the best head scout of the 2010/11 season...
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clebo99,Jul 7 2010
02:12 PM
Jesus f#@king christ.....you can't let the guy even get genuine compliments...

he's not allowed to on this website..the Islanders will suck now and forever...When you went from rooting for the greatest dynasty of all time to todays bunch...you get skeptical and angry very easily..
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Westfall18,Jul 7 2010
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clebo99,Jul 7 2010
02:12 PM
Jesus f#@king christ.....you can't let the guy even get genuine compliments...

he's not allowed to on this website..the Islanders will suck now and forever...When you went from rooting for the greatest dynasty of all time to todays bunch...you get skeptical and angry very easily..

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Was just wondering how much Snows hands are tied. Kind of feel like Wang is pulling the strings and Snow is getting a bad name.
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DiPi,Jul 8 2010
04:17 PM
Was just wondering how much Snows hands are tied. Kind of feel like Wang is pulling the strings and Snow is getting a bad name.

Then who wipes his ass after he poos?

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I hope we are in at least year 3 of his blasted plan.
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DiPi,Jul 8 2010
03:17 PM
Was just wondering how much Snows hands are tied. Kind of feel like Wang is pulling the strings and Snow is getting a bad name.

You're catching on......unless there are people who swear Milbury didn't change from 2000 to 2005, Neil Smith was the start and end of the "Committee" (which means he listened but did whatever he felt like), Snow had free will and the similarities between 2000 and 2010 and all throughout regardless of the different GM's.....those antics being similar was pure coincidence.

I wonder if I'd rather have Kenny Holland/Lou Lamorello as GM with Wang in charge or Mike Milbury with a better owner (as if there was worse out there)?

I'd be hesitant to say Holland/Lamorello knowing the toolbag was still owner.
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