01-08-2020, 10:14 AMjRuutu Wrote:

01-08-2020, 10:03 AMnour Wrote: What, aside from McZ being a member here longer than SpartanGibbles, makes him more qualified?

Gibbles has...

- Been in Minnesota longer
- Been in Minnesota MANAGEMENT longer
- Has more recent GM experience
- Is an updater (invalidating your strange argument that he can’t regress people)
- Is a much safer pick since he hasn’t been fired, much less twice (and this is coming from an SMJHL GM whose been fired and lost out on jobs because of it)
- Isn’t a risk to put his player before the team (look at the way McZ does his lines to award himself top minutes, or the recent scouting survey where he name drops the chance to ‘Play with Balls’)

SHL HO picked the best candidate for the job, and your only argument is that McZ is older and tries hard? Everyone who applies is also trying, and being older genuinely doesn’t mean shit if you can’t back up your candidacy, which McZ can’t do nearly as well as Gibbles right now (see points above).

McZ was in this league when Spartan and SdCore were still kids and surfing together in Anaheim. McZ has had multiple jobs in this league, even IIHF commissioner now, so it looks like the league has no trouble in using McZ, but when it comes down to giving out some credit and maybe rewarding that work and activity - they quickly move to the errors of the past and never let go.

Lets be honest, McZ has 1700 TPE, most in Minnesota, second most is at 1500, so playing the most is not that weird, especially in Minnesota of all teams that has in total of I believe 6 1000+ TPE players.

Right of the bat your first argument is that McZ has been here longer, which literally everyone agrees isn’t much of a deciding factor if at all, and SpartanGibbles has held plenty of jobs too, including more recent GM experience and an updating position. You’re looking at this entirely from the perspective of “HO would hire anyone just to not hire McZ”, and not even remotely considering that Gibbles got the job because he’s???? qualified??? a better candidate??? You’re acting like Gibbles is an IA player who swooped in and stole the job thanks to HO’s plotting against McZ, and not even remotely giving him the credit his track record deserves. I have no doubt in my mind HO picked the best candidate.

I’ll give you playing the most might be justified, but playing him top pair with the lowest TPE defenseman on his team really comes across as stat padding, its not like MIN is deep enough to afford spreading their depth, and you haven’t addressed any of the other 5 points I made for Gibbles, or the second half of the 6th point that mentioned the survey.