Betamax wrote:
Strangelove wrote:
LOL Feschuk, if Babcock wants a BETTER ROSTER and MORE SAY IN ORGANIZATIONAL DECISIONS
... he would most certainly NOT choose CRACKTOWN (where coaches go to die).
There-in lies the Challenge. To be the first Coach since Pat Quinn to consistently get them to the Playoffs. I mean for leaves fans, getting to the Playoffs is like a cause for celebration.
LOL, the pathetic Leaves wouldn't make the playoffs with 10 Babcocks!
I THINK Babs knows this.
Also, as stated, Babcock's (alleged) THIRST FOR POWER would never be quenched in PIGTOWN.
Betamax wrote:
Strangelove wrote:
Also, Shanny and Babcock DESPISED EACH OTHER, which is why I BELIEVE Shanny chose to leave (Mo)town.
Where has this been documented?
Well I was going by memory but IF YOU INSIST...
http://kuklaskorner.com/tmr/comments/re ... _1st_doubt
Brendan Shanahan was allowed to avail himself of his options before leaving the Red Wings scrambling for a replacement when he signed with the New York Rangers on July 9, 2006 (despite rumors to the contrary, Shanahan, Mathieu Schneider and Robert Lang are the only Wings who explicitly or chose to leave Detroit because they
didn’t take to Mike Babcock’s style of coaching)
http://onthewingsblog.com/2006/07/09/it ... -a-ranger/
Since Shanahan went on the market last week, there had been many conflicting reports on where he was headed. Some thought he was just testing the market as a staunch union man or for kicks, to see what he would get, but that he always intended to sign with the Wings. Others said he was
looking to leave the Wings because of Mike Babcock or because he wanted more money than the Wings were willing or able to offer him.
It was easy to believe
Babcock and Shanahan had clashed due to the coach’s apparent distaste for the older players on the team but I remembered Shanny’s resurgence this past season and thought perhaps that Babcock made an exception with him. Therefore, I allowed myself to believe reports such as a blog post by Ansar Khan, which came late last night, that assured Wings fans that Shanahan wasn’t going anywhere
The logical conclusion, since Shanny obviously DID INDEED “go somewhere”
… is that the (alleged) clash with Babs was the LIKELY reason why.
See, the Rangers signed him as a UFA to a 1-year $4m deal
… which is 700K less than Shanny averaged over the previous 10 seasons
… PLUS Mr Shannyhanny had just scored 40 goals the previous season.
(obviously Shanny brought more to the table than just goal-scoring, JUST SAYING...)
POINT IS the Wings would have had NO PROBLEM matching that contract for STAR FORWARD Shanny.
Note the second article says Wings offered him “a two-year deal at $4 million in the first year”.
The first article says the Wings were left “scrambling for a replacement.”
BTW Bab’s “distaste for the older players” is a reference to Babcock’s TORTS-LIKE first season in Motown.
See, Babcock’s style was to DOMINATE THE ROOM, some of the older players didn’t respond well to that
(allegedly).
These are the kinds of things WINGS FANS say about Shanny/Babby FWIW.
Betamax wrote:
Strangelove wrote:
Don't forget the Leaves would have to COMPENSATE the Wings as Babby is UNDER CONTRACT for one more year.
I THINK the NHL took away the ability for any team to be able COMPENSATE another team for losing an executive.
I THINK it's YOUR turn for a link (or 3).