Quote That May Interest Only Me, Doug MacLean

by Derek Zona on Jun 1, 2011 10:00 AM MDT

" "Until they fix the whole operation from top to bottom, they've got no chance of having any success, and I've followed it as closely as anybody the last fifteen years; (the Panthers are) a joke." "

--Doug MacLean, yet again demonstrating his astonishing lack of self-awareness on The Fan 590.

I've previously written about MacLean's performance as President and General Manager of the Blue Jackets in an article about their attendance problems:

Obviously Doug MacLean had a significant impact on this franchise. He wasted seven top ten picks in a row and couldn't make the playoffs. He significantly hindered the development curve on a number of prospects and his performance drove attendance south. It's baffling that he's currently employed as a hockey expert for a major media organization.

Think about this for a second. The Edmonton Oilers will make their third top ten pick in a row in June and add either Ryan Nugent-Hopkins or Adam Larsson to Taylor Hall and Magnus Paajarvi. Doug MacLean had seven of those types of picks in a row and used them, plus a number of baffling free agent moves, to ruin a franchise, laying waste to what might have been a great hockey market.

Yet he still presses on as some sort of expert in his media work. He constantly appeals to his own authority and blathers on about his time at the helm in Columbus, never mentioning his results. Now, in a fit of hubris, amnesia, some sort of stroke-related event, or a combination of all three, he attacks yet another organization for their inept management, apparently unaware of his position at the top of that mountain.

How does this man get paid for his work?

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…MacLean once saying that he would trade Columbus’s roster for Detroit’s straight-up.

Other than falling ass-backward into Nash by, ironically, bilking Florida out of the #1 pick, it was a sad, sad state of affairs for Douggie in Columbus.

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by Dan P. on Jun 1, 2011 10:11 AM MDT reply actions

typo

should read “he wouldn’t trade…”

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by Dan P. on Jun 1, 2011 10:11 AM MDT up reply actions

Good clarification. My first though was, of course he would. Then I realized who we’re talking about.

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by ryanbatty on Jun 1, 2011 10:17 AM MDT up reply actions

Aside from the draft record I’ve been very unhappy with the performance of Tambellini et al. over the past three seasons. But as bad as these three years have been they pale in comparison to the seven years of torture that MacLean inflicted on the good people of Columbus. Other than getting Nash all of those top ten picks are suspect. Losing is tough to take, losing with no hope of anything else thanks to inept management is much worse..

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by ryanbatty on Jun 1, 2011 10:16 AM MDT reply actions

Losing is tough to take, losing with no hope of anything else thanks to inept management is much worse..

See Atlanta Thrashers. Then, add inept ownership. Mix it all up and what do you get? The Manitoba Moose.

by Griz-ATL on Jun 2, 2011 12:52 PM MDT up reply actions

Living in the GTA I get to hear this moron pretty much everyday. He makes nick kypreos look smart, which is why i think they keep him around.

by gcw_rocks on Jun 1, 2011 10:27 AM MDT reply actions

Quote That May Interest Only Me, Doug MacLean

Good title. If Doug MacLean said it, it probably isn’t that interesting.

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by Bruce McCurdy on Jun 1, 2011 10:28 AM MDT reply actions

Matt Millen and Mike Milbury are now television ‘experts’ in their respective fields despite staggering incompetence as executives. Steve Phillips was in baseball as well before he had an affair with an ESPN intern. What seems clear to me is that what got these men their jobs, and why they kept them despite staggering incompetence, was their charisma and ability to charm. It’s that same charisma that makes them appealing talk show guests and broadcasters.

by Triumph44 on Jun 1, 2011 10:54 AM MDT reply actions

The K-Lowe Effect

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by Bruce McCurdy on Jun 1, 2011 11:09 AM MDT up reply actions

Here’s the problem; MacLean’s not charimsatic. He’s an arrogant blowhard.

He’s had numerous segments of the HockeyCentral at Noon where callers have tried to debate relevant points with him, and he dismisses them without having even considered the merits of their argument. He’s right because he worked in the NHL for two decades (and did an abysmal job).

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by clrkaitken on Jun 1, 2011 11:12 AM MDT up reply actions

He’s had numerous segments of the HockeyCentral at Noon where callers have tried to debate relevant points with him, and he dismisses them without having even considered the merits of their argument.

I don’t see these things as being mutually exclusive. I also don’t get the sense that people rise to the top of the NHL executive pecking order by listening to other people.

by Triumph44 on Jun 1, 2011 11:39 AM MDT up reply actions

Those other guys don’t constantly appeal to their own authority. In fact, Phillips was self-deprecating at times. I’ve never heard Millen talk about how great he was or the time he did some really great thing.

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by Derek Zona on Jun 1, 2011 2:41 PM MDT up reply actions

That’s the ONLY thing I’ll give that useless bastard – he’s been honest that he did a terrible job in Detroit. That doesn’t make me forgive him, but at least he’s not delusional.

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by IAmJoe on Jun 3, 2011 2:30 AM MDT up reply actions

Love this, not only did MacLean drive a franchise into the ground, but he broke that unwritten rule that you never trash talk a former club. Spot on Derek!

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by Chris S Roberts on Jun 2, 2011 12:05 PM MDT reply actions

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