In an unexpected piece of news, the Senators have reportedly fired Pierre McGuire. Hired last July as the team’s senior vice president of player development, McGuire did not even last a year in his role. Perhaps this should have been anticipated with the recent passing of owner Eugene Melnyk. McGuire was hired directly by the owner and general manager Pierre Dorion acknowledged at the time that he had little input in the addition of McGuire. To fire McGuire, the general manager received the blessing of the team’s three-person board of directors to pull the trigger.
In the over-used words of Pierre himself, "What's your idenity, Pierre," (other than your sub 40 winning % as a head coach and stating the obvious during network broadcasts???
"Instead of hiring McGuire, imagine the organization reallocating that money towards funding and sustaining an in-house analytics department."
This! Never understood the hiring in the first place and I hope this frees up some budget for additional front office staff or investment into some more infrastructure. Interesting that he's taking the fall for the MDZ signing, wonder how much input he had into trading for Hamonic and how that's being viewed internally.
In the over-used words of Pierre himself, "What's your idenity, Pierre," (other than your sub 40 winning % as a head coach and stating the obvious during network broadcasts???
"Instead of hiring McGuire, imagine the organization reallocating that money towards funding and sustaining an in-house analytics department."
This! Never understood the hiring in the first place and I hope this frees up some budget for additional front office staff or investment into some more infrastructure. Interesting that he's taking the fall for the MDZ signing, wonder how much input he had into trading for Hamonic and how that's being viewed internally.