The Great Jim Benning Debate! (And personal insult thread)

[Strangelove]

I would certainly concede that Benning is a solid hockey man doing a good job

That's one small step for a boobird, one giant leap for boobirdkind.

Sort of a von Manstein figure (without implying that either he or the Little Eagles are Nazis -- just the same relative command and talent structure).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_Manstein

"Liddell Hart was an admirer of the German generals; he described Manstein as an operational genius."

Y'know Cliffy, when you finally come to realize Lord Benning is a genius, it'll be too late.

Everyone will be all like "Duh, tell us something we don't know ya tard!"

Then, for all eternity, you will be relegated to licking the boots of those who knew it all along.

[Ronning's Ghost]

"Liddell Hart was an admirer of the German generals; he described Manstein as an operational genius."

And in the same way that being an operational genius is still somewhat short of being a military genius, if the years prove that Benning was a drafting genius, that's still some distance from being a hockey management genius.

Maybe you should stop wasting your time on a product you don’t like, let those who like it enjoy it and fuck off

Top line, original post:

Honest to the Hockey Gawds, my plan was to shut up about this and let you just enjoy a nice payoff run, but some of you had to blow your genius horn, and at least this one last time, I will answer.

But I've said my piece for now, and shan't haunt you for some time.

[Chef Boi RD]

Oh I’m haunted alright, really bothered.

So you sat idling biding your time like a well behaved respecter of others until the eventual knockout to then come back with the “see I told you so” shit? How mighty of you, how predictable of you. We are shocked, really

[Strangelove]

But I've said my piece for now, and shat

[Carl Yagro]

Oh I’m haunted alright, really bothered.

So you sat idling biding your time like a well behaved respecter of others until the eventual knockout to then come back with the “see I told you so” shit? How mighty of you, how predictable of you. We are shocked, really

No kidding, eh?

RG is so triggered when someone posts JB and genius in the same paragraph (that's why we do it). Barely participated in any discussions this season or during this run... BUTT comes back the very next morning to blow his own horn.

"Honest to the Hockey Gawds, my plan was to shut up about this... blah, blah... at least this one last time..."

LOL, last time shutting up, wot?

HF Boards is more up his alleyway.

[Strangelove]

RG is so triggered when someone posts JB and genius in the same paragraph (that's why we do it).

SHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhh....

[Cousin Strawberry]

Jim Benning is, as of right now, one of the top team builders in the game. Teams are busy studying how he acquired so much budding EL talent and are augmenting systems to try and emulate his formula.

I shit you not.

I listen into plenty of radio interviews here in Alberia(where excellent hockey people are the local scribblers which makes the shows so much more interesting that 650 or 1040) and the consensus is that this was a very very well executed rebuild in the fraction of time most teams take.

All facts.

We are fucking lucky to be enjoying watching this core round into shape...all thanks to Jim Fucking Elmer Benning. Period.

[Carl Yagro]

^Amen, brother.

Vancouver's comparatively quick turnaround is exactly what is being studied by writers, GMs and owners of other teams.

[Strangelove]

(Benning is) sort of a von Manstein figure (without implying that either he or the Little Eagles are Nazis -- just the same relative command and talent structure).

"Liddell Hart was an admirer of the German generals; he described Manstein as an operational genius."

And in the same way that being an operational genius is still somewhat short of being a military genius, if the years prove that Benning was a drafting genius, that's still some distance from being a hockey management genius.

More from Liddell Hart:

"The general verdict among the German generals I interrogated in 1945 was that Field-Marshal von Manstein had proved the ablest commander in their Army, and the man they had most desired to become its Commander-in-Chief. It is very clear that he had a superb sense of operational possibilities and equal mastery in the conduct of operations, together with a greater grasp of the potentialities of mechanized forces than any other commander who had not been trained in the tank arm. In sum, he had military genius."

- Liddell Hart

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Erich_von_Manstein

[Chef Boi RD]

Ronnings Ghost prefers the Buffalo Sabres model, just draft endlessly and forever. Lose in the name of drafting. Fuck winning. Lose to draft. Draft, draft, draft.....

Btw if memory serves, RG wanted Glass instead of Pettersson, Bouchard instead of Hughes and Boldy instead of Podkolzin

[Megaterio Llamas]

Mr Aquilini doesn't like the empty seats model.

It's why Jim has such staying power around here.

[Chef Boi RD]

Mr Aquilini doesn't like the empty seats model.

It's why Jim has such staying power around here.

A genius doesn’t want you to know he’s a genius, in fact the opposite, he’s perfectly fine with you thinking he’s an idiot, that’s what makes him a genius.

[Nuckertuzzi]

Can't help but remember Botch's cries of "we need an army". He cited the Jets as an example of having an army and expressed angst and envy at how far we were from getting to that point. I totally echoed those emotions and couldn't have agreed more. That seemed like a long time ago but it really wasn't, it was only a few years ago when things looked so bleak and here we are now right up there or possibly even ahead of the Jets. That's up for debate because I think the Jets are still a team to be reckoned with but the point is it's remarkable how far we've come in such a short period of time. We still need an army. The good news is more soldiers might be coming soon (Pod, Hog, Lind, Rath, Olli, etc., etc..). It's not likely all of them will hit, but we don't need that, we need maybe 2 or 3 more and we should have our army.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Btw if memory serves, RG wanted Glass instead of Pettersson, Bouchard instead of Hughes and Boldy instead of Podkolzin

You of all people shouldn’t be bumping your gums about who anyone else wanted to draft.

[Chef Boi RD]

Can't help but remember Botch's cries of "we need an army". He cited the Jets as an example of having an army and expressed angst and envy at how far we were from getting to that point. I totally echoed those emotions and couldn't have agreed more. That seemed like a long time ago but it really wasn't, it was only a few years ago when things looked so bleak and here we are now right up there or possibly even ahead of the Jets. That's up for debate because I think the Jets are still a team to be reckoned with but the point is it's remarkable how far we've come in such a short period of time. We still need an army. The good news is more soldiers might be coming soon (Pod, Hog, Lind, Rath, Olli, etc., etc..). It's not likely all of them will hit, but we don't need that, we need maybe 2 or 3 more and we should have our army.

The Jets Army is no more