Who doesn’t like to think that they’re smarter than a GM? Tell me I am wrong, please. As a blogger, the biggest complaints I hear are about the lack of trades.
The second biggest complaint I hear is the lack of intensity from players who seem to be just going through the motions. I admit that players do, at times, look disinterested. To be fair to the players, at times, they do not fit the system but can become stars in other systems. One example of this is Martin St. Louis.
Martin St. Louis
Playing for the Calgary Flames in 1998, St. Louis fell quickly to the fourth line. He appeared in only 13 games in Calgary during the 1998 season, spending most of the season in Saint John.
On July 31, 2000, Martin signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning, and things began to change. In the 2004 playoffs, he led the Lightning to the Stanley Cup, coming back to haunt his old Flames teammates in a seven-game thriller series, and won the Hart Memorial Trophy (Most Valuable Player). His best year was a 102-point season in 2006-2007 with 43 goals and 59 assists. He remained a star for years to come.
The General Manager’s Tenuous Existence
Marty is a prime example of how a player fits one team but not another. But does that mean that one general manager is better than the other? Sometimes a team hits pure gold. Every general manager hopes he hits pure gold, but first he has to sift through the fool’s gold. He could be fired at any time if he makes the wrong judgment call. You still want his job?
Next time you want to shoot Conroy, remember the pressure he is under. And watch out, you might just get what you wish for.
There have been times when I have not liked the decisions that Conroy has made. But I do not doubt his heart, so, as a faithful armchair general manager, I will not be pushing him out quite yet. Give me a couple of weeks. Yes, I am being facetious, but we are all finicky fans. We would all fire and hire him at least 20 times.
Randy
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