[Seravalli] Hearing #Flames are in final stages of their GM search. Announcement next week? Believe 4 external candidates visited YYC in last week for in-person interviews, including Dave Nonis, Stan Bowman and Marc Bergevin. If we were handicapping, odds-on favorite would be Craig Conroy.
Hearing #Flames are in final stages of their GM search. Announcement next week? Believe 4 external candidates visited YYC in last week for in-person interviews, including Dave Nonis, Stan Bowman and Marc Bergevin.
If we were handicapping, odds-on favorite would be Craig Conroy.
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) May 19, 2023
by gamblewizard98
36 Comments
Yikes, didn’t think it was possible but it just keeps getting more depressing being a Flames fan.
I am praying for conroy š
Iām praying the reason these guys came to Calgary was only for an interview, please God let me be right
lol yikes
If that’s the list, it had better be Conroy or there’s gonna be some dark times ahead
What awful options. Conroy is a fine option, but the fact that none of these guys are young or progressive is disappointing after the Maloney conference. This list should be guys like Tulsky and Pridham.
Conroy + Love combo Iād be happy with.
Give Conny the role for fuck sakesā¦enough already.
The guy has paid his dues to the organization and has always been a great representative of the Flames.
Itās time.
Good fucking lord.
Out of those options? Conroy EASILY.
All three of those named external candidates fucking suck, why are we even talking to them?! And that’s even before getting to the obvious problems with Bowman. How could Maloney possibly say he wanted someone young and progressive and then be this far down the road with some of the most uninspiring retreads the hockey world has to offer
What a brutal list, can we not hire another dinosaur with baggage
Holy fuck Iām not even the biggest Conroy supporter but i would choose him over all of those fucking re-treads in an instant
I fucking hate Murray Edwards
Yikes, if those were the external candidates that made it through to in person interviews, I really really really hope Conroy gets the job.
> James Johnson š„@JamesJohnsonYYC
> Per Friedman on 32 Thoughts:
> Flames down to 4-6 candidates for GM
> Among them:
> Craig Conroy, Brad Pascall, Mark Hunter, Dave Nonis
> Nonis has history with Don Maloney and Bob Murray
https://twitter.com/JamesJohnsonYYC/status/1659681289237331969
Slightly better list but Nonis & Bowman being mentioned as finalists is embarrassing for so many reasons.
Those are the external candidates? What an awful bunch minus conroy. Where are the so called āyoungerā and āprogressiveā candidates?
I mean Kyle Dubas is looking for a job, heās young and better than the first 3 dinosaurs they mentioned
My expectations were low but ***Holy fuck***. Did we even try, or do people think we’re just that radioactive as an organization?
All terrible options. Will need to rethink my fandom of 30 years if Bowman is hired. If they really want to make a splash, why not Bowman and Peters? Go full degen.
Letās face it, when a GM leaves and itās his decision, not the teams, other people notice. They see what a cluster f&@k the Flame organization is and only the desperate will want to take the job. All those young, progressive, talented candidates can afford to wait for a better option.
Really hope this isnāt accurate, I need to know more about conroys role up to this point to be confident in him, Iād actually take bergevin over anyone on that list. Donāt get me wrong I love Conroy, but we have seen too much mediocrity, BT included, this needs to be a home run
Yikes, can we have Tre back please?
This is excellent news everyone. Dave Nonis? Really really excellent
Fuck
If they hire Stan Bowmanā¦. I think thatās it for me tbh.
I for one am optimistic.
Iām sorry flames bros
Honestly, Bowman getting an interview at all is pathetic, let alone in an person one.
> On October 26, Bowman resigned from the Chicago Blackhawks organization in response to the results of an independent investigation into allegations of sexual assault committed by Brad Aldrich, a member of the Blackhawks’ video coaching staff.[9] The lead investigator, former assistant US attorney Reid Schar, stated that Bowman’s failure to report the alleged assault had consequences, eventually leading to the perpetrator committing further acts of sexual abuse.[10]
Not only was he a horrendous GM, he’s an even worse person. How is the organization & Murray Edwards that tone deaf?
The number one thing that I learned from this report is that we shouldn’t trust a single fucking word Maloney had said about the GM interviewing process. Talk about needing young and fresh minds but the final list including two of the guys that hided everything that happened in that Blackhawks scandal. That is utterly disgusting
Ughā¦.give me Conroy please
Edwards: ‘listen Don, don’t you fucking dare just give this thing to Conroy, I need you to find me 5 guys worthy of the task. Seasoned vets at the job. Craig fucking Conroy isn’t getting hired on my organization unless he SOMEHOW shines way brighter than the rest.’
Maloney: interviews Bowman, Bergevin, Nonis. Hires Conroy.
This list a big yikes. I really hope there are more candidates but if this is the full list than surely the job is Conroy’s and Maloney just interviewed the others just to say he did, right?
Right?
Hopefully we interviewed those 4 and like 40 others because Nonis, Bergevin and Bowman should never have a head NHL job in the league again
Not a flames fan and those options suck.
Seriously questioning whether Maloney should be making any decisions here. Two of those guys are morons.
What a brutal list. Not a great sign for the future of the organization that these are their best options.
Stan freaking Bowman?!? He shouldnāt be considered by ANY league in the world. The fact that the Flames even interviewed him is fucked. Our ownership is so terrible š
Wow what the hell r they thinkin lmaoā¦
They gotta at least throw some money at Dubas before this level of desperation is displayed
Insane how shitty all of those guys are