it would not surprise me. We’ll have 40 shots on him and 30 will hit the guy in the chest.

And that’s a very good question. But why are GMs an incestuous breed? There have to be smart and capable GMs just waiting to be discovered.

How does Glen Sather still have a job? What about Don Waddell? There have to be more than 30 (being generous now) competent people capable of running an NHL team successfully. Just because we don’t know who they are doesn’t mean someone does/should.

It isn’t always a bad thing, but in this case it’s hard to tell.

I understand where SanFilippo was going, and it needed to be said. But I’ll play Devil’s Advocate for a second; if GMs turned over as fast as coaches, GMs would be gone before half the kids drafted under their tenure even got to NHL. If your team-building philosophy is changing so often, the players you draft may not fit into the new “plan” by the time they reach the NHL. So the GM changing as fast is a little more complicated.

Back to my own perspective, I think we’re basically in a similar situation as 3 years ago; I think Homer may have the same shortfall Clarke did, where Clarke just wasn’t the right mindset for the post-lockout/salary cap/new NHL era. There are differences, but in my personal opinion I think that’s a factor. But I think in order to hire a new GM you have to find somebody qualified, with some level of vision, before you decide to fire the old one. Then once you find that person, you may have to stick with them a while so you don’t change the plan every 5 minutes.