Canada.com: long line for Panthers GM spot

From Jim Matheson:

"If (Panthers search committee chair Bill) Torrey asks his contemporaries - Glen Sather, Cliff Fletcher, Lou Nanne - what guy they'd pitch his way, Risebrough, the former Minnesota GM, would probably get their nod."

No, no, and no. First off, Torrey is aware of the era he's waddling in, which is nothing even remotely resembling the days when he put together the inaugural Cats, discounting any consideration of the aforementioned names (who were for the most part already well into their careers in management.) We're talking the early 1990s, kids.

C'mon. This list of "contemporaries" is translated from a glyph in Mayan ruins. No one is seeking out these folks, nor their antiquated opinions on who might be a winner in this day and age.

Wanna re-live the high-scoring eighties? Great...take your pick. But these guys and their heavenly choices aren't getting any team to the promised land.

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Hilarious. Ah, the old boys’ network is alive and well.

I know you vote Feaster, but what say you of Dudley? Preferable to a return of MacLean, no?

And Lemaire fishing for a consultant’s gig? The man knows his hockey…

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by Dominik on Jun 8, 2009 3:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m just not convinced going backward is the answer. Dudley’s got a long resume, sure, but his departure from the team wasn’t exactly one of his shining moments. Perhaps he and Alan Cohen are fishing buddies now, but I doubt it. And yes, he’s preferable to McLean.

Lemaire? It’s sweet and all that he lives in the state (the other side of it) and wishes for a consultancy position somewhere in the league, and yes, he knows his stuff, but I don’t want his stuff to be the Panthers’ stuff. I like the progression to a run-and-gun offense, which is something Martin couldn’t adapt to, and I imagine Lemaire won’t as well.

Pete DeBoer and his uptempo style is the future of this club. Anyone of interest will have to fall into his line.

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