Bowman Leaves Detroit

foamy <bombelly DeleteThis @sulet.ten> trolled:
> @comcast.com>, "Will" <will DeleteThis @will.not> wrote:

>>It wasn't a "rumour" that Bowman wanted to have complete control
>>it was what he told everyone he desired. Basically he wanted
>>control over the hockey operations and the Leafs didn't want to
>>give it to him so he said that since he was doing basically the
>>same job for Detroit that MLSE wanted him to do he saw no point in
>>moving.
>
> My understanding is that Bowman, as you say, wanted the same
> autonomy as Colangelo.
>
> Peddie said sure. In a subsequent meeting Bowman said he would
> clean house. Peddie came back with Bowman would have to give JFJ
> an extension. Scotty said seeya, Bowman ain't no fool.

Sure. Now why would they have to keep JFJ on under Bowman, but not
Fletcher? Bowman wasn't hired because he's done. Done like a
dinner.

cordially, as always,

rm

In article <b6287$489cc65c$cf704724$16725@PRIMUS.CA>,
<rm RemoveThis @big.justlinux.ca> wrote:

>Sure. Now why would they have to keep JFJ on under Bowman, but not
>Fletcher? Bowman wasn't hired because he's done. Done like a
>dinner.

You must have been a Tiger Williams fan.

It's quite simple. If Peddie had Bowman retain JFJ, it would reflect
positively and add credibility to his stupid hiring of JFJ in the first
place.

Once that ship sailed, Peddie must have thought it would be no prob
hiring the new GM / pres, and cleared the deck to male room for
the new hire. The new guy would overshadow questions of why JFJ
was hired originally.

When all that went south, Peddie went to plan C--form a committee to
find a guy and shut up.

Of course this is just my analysis from 3000 miles away and any similarity
to fact might be coincidental.

Jim