Burke Fired

[drummond]

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger

Timing of Burke dismissal very odd. He and all brass were at Marlies game last night in Hamilton. Truth will surface. Something fishy.



I'm with PG, this isn't hockey related.

Burke cancelled his Rogers subscripion?

 

[Tigger]

Should be an interesting PC, I'd like to be at the bar when Wilson and Burke meet up for drinks...

 

[bustaheims]

I'm with PG, this isn't hockey related.

I hope so. That's really the only explanation that really makes sense at this point, considering the timing and all.

 

[Fanatic]

Either way, I am glad that the architect of the Phaneuf and Kessel trades is gone. Time to turn the page.

Phaneuf and Kessel are good players, but Burke has himself backed into too much of a corner with them.

 

[lc9]

This is just completely surprising.  I am very curious to find out the reason.  The timing obviously makes no sense.  Not that Burke has done a good job, but they just let him hire a new coach and go through the entire lockout.  Weird. 

 

[Kin]

I think we can say bye to Carlyle too.  Hello Coach Eakins!

If the replacement is Nonis then there's reason to think he might keep on most of everyone else. Unless, of course, Nonis has already been fired.

 

[bustaheims]

I think we can say bye to Carlyle too.  Hello Coach Eakins!

I doubt that. In all likelihood, Nonis will be taking over, and he and Burke had a similar visions for the team.

 

[drummond]

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger

Timing of Burke dismissal very odd. He and all brass were at Marlies game last night in Hamilton. Truth will surface. Something fishy.



I'm with PG, this isn't hockey related.

I think we can say bye to Carlyle too.  Hello Coach Eakins!

I would not mind that

 

[KW Sluggo]

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger

Timing of Burke dismissal very odd. He and all brass were at Marlies game last night in Hamilton. Truth will surface. Something fishy.



I'm with PG, this isn't hockey related.

I think we can say bye to Carlyle too.  Hello Coach Eakins!

Yes indeed, Carlyle is now the lamest of lame ducks as whoever takes over will want his own coach.

 

[Stebro]

Maybe the issue is that the ownership want the leafs to make the playoffs now, and they feel that Burkie isn't willing to do what it takes. The ownership might feel that the leafs can't keep on missing the playoffs forever.

 

[ZBBM]

Well, my early digestion of this is that the new owners didn't like his attitude, and they want to have their fingers in the pie. 

I wouldn't go so far as to call Burke a failure, but he grossly under-delivered and made a couple of really bad moves that offset some excellent ones.

I wonder if this means Kessel is no longer untouchable?

 

[drummond]

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger

Timing of Burke dismissal very odd. He and all brass were at Marlies game last night in Hamilton. Truth will surface. Something fishy.



I'm with PG, this isn't hockey related.

I think we can say bye to Carlyle too.  Hello Coach Eakins!

Yes indeed, Carlyle is now the lamest of lame ducks as whoever takes over will want his own coach.

Perfect state of things at the beginning of the shortened season in which every point counts as hell

 

[Joe S.]

Either way, I am glad that the architect of the Phaneuf and Kessel trades is gone. Time to turn the page.

Phaneuf and Kessel are good players, but Burke has himself backed into too much of a corner with them.

How so?

 

[maplesyrup]

Well, I'm glad I didn't pass up on the opportunity to get my first "Burkie Dog" last week.

 

[Kin]

Joking aside, I have to say I'm relatively torn on this one. On the one hand, I really liked Brian Burke in the abstract. I think he was a guy who I very much liked having as the public face of the hockey club and who I respected even when I disagreed with.

On the other...his record justifies this. The team is not in a particularly good place and people's dreams of a return to respectability via UFA's and trading for people with terrible contracts is a reflection of the crummy state Burke has left the club in.

 

[Peter D.]

I doubt that. In all likelihood, Nonis will be taking over, and he and Burke had a similar visions for the team.

Which would have me even more confused.  If you are getting rid of Burke for the team's performance, it doesn't make sense to promote his right-hand man to the position.  You'd think they'd undertake a huge cleanse. 

But then it could justify some of the posters' beliefs that this isn't hockey related. 

 

[bustaheims]

Unless Nonis is gone as well (and, likely, even if he is), barring an absolute disaster in this shortened season, Carlyle will get until at least mid-way through the 13/14 season before his job is in jeopardy.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

I doubt that. In all likelihood, Nonis will be taking over, and he and Burke had a similar visions for the team.

Which would have me even more confused.  If you are getting rid of Burke for the team's performance, it doesn't make sense to promote his right-hand man to the position.  You'd think they'd undertake a huge cleanse. 

There's precedent for it. 

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

Could it be that Bell and Rogers were not on board with Burke's "clause" of both hands on the wheel being his? So he's been fired?

 

[bustaheims]

Which would have me even more confused.  If you are getting rid of Burke for the team's performance, it doesn't make sense to promote his right-hand man to the position.  You'd think they'd undertake a huge cleanse. 

But then it could justify some of the posters' beliefs that this isn't hockey related.

I imagine if they were going the full front office cleanse route, we'd have heard about that by now. Nonis is a prominent enough hockey guy that it would be newsworthy, and you'd think his connections to Dreger would have lead to that getting out by now.