Gillis' Line in the Sand

[Meds]

Committee decision can just mean majority rule.....or the king and his councilors hashed it out and the king told them where to go shit and so as a committee they done did as bid.

[Hockey Widow]

Well I am saying he came around but reluctantly. I don't know if saying he was forced is correct. I do think that it is group think all the way with ownership being very involved. I believe he always felt that in he end he would get the final say. I'm just not sure that is true and I think that is what he is finding out. In the end perhaps he could not come up with enough compelling reasons to not hire Torts. Owners wanted him and MG couldn't show them why he was not the right choice. That's my belief in all of this.

The owners write the cheques. They have every right to give him a budget and expect that he not only stay cap compliant but that his salaries don't exceed the budget. They have every right to not want to pay for long term buyouts. To me that is not meddling, that's business. The meddling comes IMO with involvement in trades, drafting, coach hires and the like. But when it comes to the fiancé end of things the club is no different from any other business.

But the increased value of the franchise alone should make them wNt to back off. But they will make their quota for seasons ticket sales again and the money side will be fine.

[herb]

I have no problem with the ownership being involved in decision making. I would expect that Gillis works with ownership on a weekly if not daily basis on certain issues.

I can also understand ownership not wanting to buy out the $33.86M left on Luongo's contract. Fuck, I wouldn't want to do that either, no matter how much money the team makes. If those Forbes estimates are anywhere near correct, that kind of cash is a year or more of profit out the window. No wanting to do that doesn't make them cheap or meddling.

If the owners are heavily involved in coaching and player/personnel decisions, well to me that gets into meddling territory. They should be involved in the business side of things. But the personnel stuff, IMO that's why you hire management. They certainly have the right to do that as owners, but the management team should be better equipped to make those types of decisions.

[Meds]

The meddling comes IMO with involvement in trades, drafting, coach hires and the like. But when it comes to the fiancé end of things the club is no different from any other business.

Well shit.....someone's head is bound to roll if someone is meddling with someone else's fiance!!! You just don't pull shit like that off!

[BurningBeard]

The meddling comes IMO with involvement in trades, drafting, coach hires and the like. But when it comes to the fiancé end of things the club is no different from any other business.

Well shit.....someone's head is bound to roll if someone is meddling with someone else's fiance!!! You just don't pull shit like that off!

Unless you're ODB - then you encourage it.

[Hockey Widow]

The meddling comes IMO with involvement in trades, drafting, coach hires and the like. But when it comes to the fiancé end of things the club is no different from any other business.

Well shit.....someone's head is bound to roll if someone is meddling with someone else's fiance!!! You just don't pull shit like that off!

Damn auto correct on this stupid iPad!!

[Todd Bersnoozi]

Wow, I'm really surprised Gillis had the ballz to stand up for himself. I thought he didn't mind being a puppet and the yes man. That being said, I think the problems with the team runs deeper than just style of play. If our guys played a more offensive style brand of hockey and if they didn't get all the injuries, we're probably in better shape in securing one of those final playoff spots; however, we still wouldn't be able to compete against some of the top dawgs out there. The problem is simply the core is not good enuff anymore as they are getting too old and cannot perform at high lvls. It's probably a good thing that all this happened, it makes ownership, management and the fans evaulate the team with more scrutiny. God knows we need a good draft pick and hopefully we get another good young player to add to our prospect base. #tankittorts

Edit: Aqua-man should just make himself the GM and do whatever the fuck he wants.

[Hockey Widow]

^^^^

Good point. We are all up in arms because we are going to miss the playoffs. Would we be this upset if we did but tanked round one? To some extent yes. But you are right, this season makes everyone take notice and deal with the issues that have kept us from getting back to the success if 2011.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Unless you're ODB - then you encourage it.

Old Dirty Boozer - remember the name.

[paddy]

Torts was the Aqualinis guy

John Stevens was Gillis guy

Gillis bended, buying into the idea that maybe a boot camp Mike Keenan style coach in Torts could be the match to light a fire under this veteran groups behinds. It has failed miserably. This team will never be the big bad bruins, that takes years to build that kind of team in this day and age of building a certain style of team in the NHL. You work with what you have and Torts isn't the right coach for this group. I have faith that the Aqualinis see this and have maybe, the 3 spoiled brats have finally learned to stop fucking meddling with the GMs vision.

Eakins was never gonna get the job

Don't go soft on the GM now Pacific Blue... Torts isn't coming back that's a fact but this GM shouldn't either...

[black ace]

There are indeed lots of problems with this team but including poor drafting, poor player development system, indecision on transactions, tougher schedule this year, cap management, players not suited for Torts system etc etc.

Torts was a Aquilini hire. Gillis wanted Stevens. Thats been rumored since the beginning and if you look at all the signs its likely the truth.

The problems between Gillis and Torts didnt just start. If you look back to when he came back from suspension he did an interview where he stated something to the effect of he didnt have the right players to play his system. Then you have ownership pledging to Luo that he is the future in our goal but then Torts goes with Lack in the heritage game. Gillis says the trade was in the works but Torts and Luo's agent say it wasnt. Gillis later admits it wasnt.

I heard the interview with Gillis and it sounded to me like he will be back but will be firing Torts and bringing in a coach more suited to a puck possession game. When he said basically every player on the team has underachieved and there is a reason for it you know that the system didnt suit the players and Gillis made no attempt (other than calling up guys like Lain and Archibald before Jensen) to get players more suited for Torts system. Torts basically said in his rebuttal yesterday that his system works and he aint going to change it.

I think Gillis will be brought back and given a year or 2 to try and retool but the way Gillis makes trades (slooooowly) you wonder if he will be able to turn the ship around before the Sedin's totally disappear.

[Diehard1]

I tend to agree with the Dude. Eakins was not getting the job here. Wasn't Torts the only guy called back for a second interview? Didn't Torts says is was weird being in an interview like that? Didn't word leak out that MG was more impressed after the first interview than he thought he would be? My sense is MG wanted that second interview because of the pressure that was being put on him to hire Torts. He wasn't convinced at first and wanted a second chat. He came around but I think he reluctantly did so.

John Stevens had a second interview as well. I truly believe that Torts' dumb it down style couldn't be worse for this team. He either changes or he's gone, and I expect the latter is more likely.

[Hockey Widow]

If Stevens is still available and still interested I would love if the Canucks cut ties with Torts, admitted their mistake and went in a new direction.

[Puck]

The thought was that Torts' style might coax (or maybe wring?) another good season out of an aging group. It did not. Perhaps it's not a knee-jerk reaction to admit: experiment failed. Move on.

[herb]

So I guess it's safe to say that whatever Gillis was trying to accomplish last week didn't work!