A coach being fired in the NHL does create some interest around the league as the firing of Ken Hitchcock does. But the news of Bob Clarke leaving the General Manager position of the Philadelphia Flyers left some wondering if today was actually April 1st.
I had to look outside to see if I saw any winged bacon flying through the air. I along with many other people thought peace in the Middle East would come before Clarke would leave the position while Snider was still alive.
So obviously this has created some buzz around the Net. Below are some links to what people have had to say. If you have some comments on your blog about the Flyers change of the guard, let me know. If you have a hockey blog and I don’t have you listed in my blog roll also let me know.
this one royall pisses me off
http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/6086946
maybe alan adams should go jump off a bridge
He is offbase.
While he highlights the some the issues the Flyers have, Snider ‘sitting on his wallet’ is not one of them. This guy ever hear of the salary cap?
The only thing one could argue that Snider is guilty of is not taking care of Clarke sooner.
One thing you don’t want is an owner/chairman that micromanages his people. Snider is not a hockey guy, he is a businessman. Decisions on players should not be made at his level or you end up signing goalies for 15 year contracts.