News Flash: The Boston Bruins hire Peter Chiarelli to be the club’s 7th General Manager. The Ottawa Senators Assistant GM (notice I didn’t say “former� Assistant GM) will be formally introduced at a press conference next week, though he can’t start on the job until July 15th.
Teddy’s Take: This is too easy. Dumping on the Bruins isn’t even fun anymore. It’s like shooting monkeys in a barrel.
To illustrate how much of a joke the Black and Gold have become, let me throw out a couple of important dates for you; June 24th=NHL Draft & July 1st=NHL free agency begins. Yes, that’s right Bruins fans. Your new GM, the man who will lead this team into its next era, won’t be on the job until after the draft and the first two weeks of free agency have already gone by. If that isn’t a formula for a successful off-season, I don’t know what is!
Exactly how did the Bruins end up in this mess? Well, for starters, the man they wanted and thought they had for the job, Ray Shero, decided to go work for the Penguins. Reportedly, Shero wanted more money than the B’s were willing to pay. He signed with Mario Lemieux and the Pittsburgh Penguins for $4-million over 5-years. Those are the same Penguins who’ve been battling bankruptcy for over a decade. And still, they’re willing to pay more than one of the most profitable franchises in all of sports.
Jeremy Jacobs and his son Charles then turned their attention to Chiarelli, who played his college hockey at Harvard. Only it appears they never got permission from the Senators to speak to their employee. Now, no one will come right out and say so, but it doesn’t take a genius to read between the lines.
Jacobs admits the final process involved a grueling hearing with the NHL. Seeing as how teams generally don’t stand in the way of front office types in line for promotions, one can only guess there was tampering involved and Boston is being punished. Why else would the Bruins have to wait for their new hockey “el jeffe� until the middle of July?
Oh wait…it gets better. The B’s also have to give Ottawa compensation, with some reports indicating it could be as high as a 2nd round draft choice.
I don’t know if Chiarelli is the right man for the job. I hope he is. He can’t be worse than Harry Sinden and Mike O’Connell. But what I do know is that he wasn’t the first guy offered the position, and the way he got it means he’s already behind the 8-ball in rebuilding a team in dire need of a face lift.
The hits just keep coming Bruins fans. Only it isn’t Cam Neely delivering them!
What are your thoughts on the Bruins General Manager search and hiring? Can Chiarelli possibly turn this team around with such bumbling ownership? How long will it take? Is there a way to get Jacobs to sell the team to someone who’ll run it properly? HELP!!!
Comments (1)
I think i had something to say abou 6 weeks ago..
and it goes a little something like this:
Bashing the B's
I suppose this Rant is a little late. But I wanted to make sure I collected all my
thoughts on this subject.
SCREW THE BRUINS. I've had it with this Ownership/Management Group.
Jeremy Jacobs.
Over the past few years this former absentee owner has shown his face in and
around Boston by showing up on Sunday Night Sports Shows and WEEI Radio. This
last ditch effort is to appear that Jacobs gives a crap about YOU, the Bruins fan.
Attendance at the Garden for the B's have declined over the years and Mr. Jacobs
knows the fanbase is starting to smarten up and take notice of the goings on
Causeway St.
Yes, Jacobs is a big supporter of local charities, most notably the Jimmy Fund, but
giving money to charities is the LEAST he could do and it's quite evident that he is
in business to do THE LEAST HE CAN DO. A business man with no ties or loyalties
to the Boston area he is nothing more than Joe Pesci in The Super, a Slumlord
who collects the rent and lets the buildings just rot.
Mike O'Connell
From day 1 we knew that O'connel was just another Sinden in that he wasn't going
to spend money on free agents. And then came Martin (No Points) Lapointe. Then
we knew O'connel was
also bad at evaluating talent. Pre and Post-Lock out we heard nothing except how
the
Bruins Management was poised to become a BIG player in the Free Agent game.
After all, It was the current CBA that caused the B's to be so FRUGAL for all those
years. Or at least that is what they told us. These last Free Agent signings were
proof positive of the ineptness of Bruins Management. The product they put on the
ice was not worthy of our Storied Franchise or City. They couldn't score or play
defense and I believe even Alexander Hamilton had better luck in SHOOTOUTS.
Harry Sinden
I'm sorry but the Fuzzy Ole Grandpa act is doing it for me. NEVER HAS FAILURE
BEEN MORE REWARDED SINCE THE G.W. BUSH RE-ELECTION. He threw
O'Connell under the bus faster than you can say Mariusz Czerkawski. Let's not be
fooled, Sinden put his stamp of approval on EVERY move O'connel made. With
the current skipper and 1st mate the S.S. Bruins will suffer the same fate as the S.S.
Minnow
For years the Bruins have been considered a joke but who knew the laughs were at
OUR expense.........
Posted by RobzRantz | May 30, 2006 1:27 AM
Posted on May 30, 2006 01:27