A Tambellini Christmas
by Yeti# on Dec 23, 2010 11:17 AM MST
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So it's that time of year again where miracles happen and whatnot. I was thinking of interesting xmas gifts and I figured that fifteen minutes in a room with Steve Tambellini and a syringe full of truth serum might be a start. Restrain the impulse to give him a slap and inject him with the drug - there's just enough to get him to answer one question fully and entirely candidly. But what would that question be? Perhaps for him to explain what the hell he was actually thinking with the Nikolai Khabibulin signing? Or how the Sheldon Souray debacle really went down? Or perhaps whether he really was that indecisive that he couldn't reach a decision between Jeff Deslauriers and Devan Dubnyk so why not have them all on the roster?
Just wondering about your suggestions for the question to ask dithering Steve? What bit of entirely untransparent and mindbogglingly confused decsionmaking (or lack thereof) would you be most interested in having explained? It's the Oilers, and there are so many to choose from.
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Well I’ll play my own sad game. Who’s decision was it to sack McTavish and what was the nature of the discussion between Katz, KLowe and Tambo leading up to that? Were all three on board with that?
by Yeti# on Dec 23, 2010 10:00 AM MST reply actions 2 recs
Does Lowe really pull the strings on the Tambo puppet?
by DarrenV on Dec 23, 2010 11:44 AM MST reply actions 2 recs
Did you ignore obvious needs on this team, such as veteran face-off men, penalty killers and shutdown defencemen, out of a desire to see if young players in your organization could grow into those roles? If so, why did you ignore those needs last year, before the rebuild officially began? If so this year, then why on earth did you toy with the idea of signing Manny Malholtra, and then proceeded to not sign a similar, if slightly lesser, player?
by David Supina on Dec 23, 2010 11:52 AM MST reply actions 1 recs
Were you brought in to tank the team for benefit of draft choices because KLowe wouldn’t agree to do it himself?
by R Droz on Dec 23, 2010 11:58 AM MST reply actions 1 recs
Who made the decision to trade Kyle Brodziak and why?
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
That trade, and not taking steps to replace him, remains Tambellini’s most bizarre move.
Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.
Who did you have to blow to get hired for this job, when it was clear (and you have thus proven) that you are not capable of being a competant GM?
by VanillaAcid on Dec 23, 2010 12:18 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Did pat quinn know he was being removed as head coach or did you con him into being at the press conference?
by SumOil on Dec 23, 2010 12:21 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
I’m going to go in a different direction – it is the season for charitable thoughts, after all.
How did you manage to fool Sutter into trading valuable pieces for Staios, and when will you pull those tricks out of your bag again?
by Andrew W on Dec 23, 2010 12:22 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Is it Renney or you who has decided to keep players such as MacIntyre and JFJ on the roster while players who might actually help the team (e.g. Reddox, Belle) enjoy a tropical winter in Oklahoma?
by Yeti# on Dec 23, 2010 12:44 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
"When I’m overwhelmed and in over my head at work, it causes me to loose sleep resulting in enormous bags under my eyes. What’s your secret?"
by CDA on Dec 23, 2010 3:52 PM MST reply actions 2 recs
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