CanOfCorn Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Y'know, the game played on ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 (edited) Unless Dollar Bill sells the team all the GM position's job description consists of is lighting Dollar Bill's cigars, shining his shoes and pouring his cheap scotch for him. This is a non-event. Edited June 20, 2005 by NUKE_CLEVELAND Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Big Deal Squirtz and Pullme are still running the show and its the same ol same ol like with Mike Smith and others before Tallon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly8509CWS Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 04:51 PM) Big Deal Squirtz and Pullme are still running the show and its the same ol same ol like with Mike Smith and others before Tallon. Â I'm gonna disagree on this one. Tallon has an idea of what we need in Chicago and I think this team is in for a bit of a turnaround. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 I agree Tallon has a better idea but all his moves still have to go through Wirtz and Pullme.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Tallon will bring in own coach probably T.Yawney , Sutter is toast if DT is really named GM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh shiz Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Good they are changes things around but, itll take years to get near the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayitaintso Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Hopefully they might be good again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 This guy knows what he is doing. Â And I'm telling you... Dollar Bill might surprise you all coming out of this lockout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanOfCorn Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 Tallon is an insider, Smith was an outsider. Tallon may be able to work Pullme and DB Wirtz in a different direction. I like this move...plus it's new AND YOUNGER blood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credepopsup Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Tallon makes his mark early. Â Sutter gone already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Sutter gone is just huge. It took way too long to do this. Sutter was obsessed with s***ty veterans and hated youngsters. With the Hawks, that's no direction to be going in. I want Yawney in here, and i think we're going to get it in the near future. Â I think Tallon has a good eye for talent and knows how to run a scouting team, something the Hawks haven't had a clue about for the past 10 years. If you don't believe me, wait until you see the youngsters that contribute on the Hawks roster earlier than later. For once our farm system isn't completely s***ty. Â I like what Kap is saying about Wirtz maybe surprising me. Regardless, there's a salary cap. So it's not going to take Wirtz 80 million to compete with detroit and NYR to sign key free agents. Everyone is playing under the sam rules. That doesn't mean you have to spend to the cap, of course - but a cap will make it easier to compete for these free agents, and i could see the Hawks spending more than we all think they will. Â A few years from now we will look back on this day as a huge day in Hawks history, bank on it. You may not think so now, but just watch. Â And trust me, there have been changes before where people have been excited - suhonen, sutter, smith, et al. - but i wasn't excited about any of those. This one i am, because i'm a huge Tallon fan/fan of getting Pulford out of the GM role. Also, if Yawney is given the keys to this team, we could really be going somewhere. He's the perfect fit for a young team, and everyone that has played for him in Norfolk has loved him. Â Damn, i'm excited for the lockout to end more than ever right now. This summer is going to be crazy once it ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Look for Yawney to be coach soon... from what I hear. That's what all this was setting up. Â Things are going to start shaking rapidly now with the whole NHL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Yawney would be a very solid choice for a team with lots of youngsters as the Hawks do. I think he will make a huge difference for players like Arnason in which couldn't get along with Sutter at all...Hopefully more good things will come of this. I am never optimistic when $ Bill has his hands in anything though...so I will wait and see but so far so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly8509CWS Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Jeez, I've been saying this stuff all throughout the lockout threads, and FINALLY some people are hopping back aboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 QUOTE(Pauly8509CWS @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 07:15 PM) Jeez, I've been saying this stuff all throughout the lockout threads, and FINALLY some people are hopping back aboard. I never hopped off. Â Â Â Â Let's get 'er done soon, boys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSGuy406 Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Wow -- that's great news. Sutter didn't really ever have a grasp on the youngsters, especially Arny, and his system really wasn't very innovative. Â Let's go, let's get this new CBA in place, and go from there. I'm excited as hell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 They just said on ESPN: "Sutter didn't win a game all last season". :headshake  PS Tallon kept ALL of Sutter's coaches.  Only Sutter is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly8509CWS Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 QUOTE(knightni @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 03:03 PM) PS Tallon kept ALL of Sutter's coaches. Only Sutter is gone.  It's tough to fire a legend in Savard, and they just hired Bruce Cassidy so it's not very surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Tallon is on Tribune Live and saying he will be his own man and make his own deals. Of course they have Mike North on there and is getting after Tallon about Pully and Wirtz...you can tell Tallon is getting pissed at North with his questions. This is one time I can't disagree with North because he was asking the questions a lot of Hawk Fans have.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 05:01 PM) Tallon is on Tribune Live and saying he will be his own man and make his own deals. Of course they have Mike North on there and is getting after Tallon about Pully and Wirtz...you can tell Tallon is getting pissed at North with his questions. This is one time I can't disagree with North because he was asking the questions a lot of Hawk Fans have.... Â Â LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wonder if he kept a straight face when he said that. I bet you an hour later he was in a back room at the UC shining Dollar Bill's shoes for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly8509CWS Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 05:01 PM) Tallon is on Tribune Live and saying he will be his own man and make his own deals. Of course they have Mike North on there and is getting after Tallon about Pully and Wirtz...you can tell Tallon is getting pissed at North with his questions. This is one time I can't disagree with North because he was asking the questions a lot of Hawk Fans have.... Â The thing about that is, Mike North knows absolutely nothing about hockey, and for him to interview or even talk about the Blackhawks is stupid. I'm sure he was badgering him about Wirtz and what not, but Mike North doesnt know jack s*** and I want him to go back to selling hot dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Mike North doesn't know jack s*** about sports period...it was just hilarious watching him badger Tallon about Wirtz and Pully and you could tell Tallon was getting pissed because he asked North..."What's your problem man?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSGuy406 Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 08:20 PM) Mike North doesn't know jack s*** about sports period...it was just hilarious watching him badger Tallon about Wirtz and Pully and you could tell Tallon was getting pissed because he asked North..."What's your problem man?" Â That's the thing, though. I don't care about Wirtz/Pully, I want to know something about the Hawks prospects. I watched/heard two interviews with Tallon, and all of the questions went along the lines of -- "Do You think the lockout will end?" -- and -- "Will Pulford still be pulling the strings?". Â I don't care about that stuff. I'd like to know how a guy like Dustin Byfuglian is doing, Cam Barker, etc etc. North really sucks at those interviews... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 (edited) Thats because North couldn't name you a prospect the Hawks or anyone else have so thats why he doesn't ask...He'd be lucky to name you any of the starters the Hawks have...Plus the reason everyone keeps asking about Wirtz and Pully is because they always have to have their fingers into any move the GM is going to make and I am sure it won't be much different with Tallon either. The game has passed Wirtz and Pully by a long time ago and they still don't realize it. Edited June 23, 2005 by EvilJester99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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