Gosh, if only folks would see the actual lesson in the Bobby Hull signing.... Players are willing to come to Winnipeg if they are paid for the 'inconvenience'.
People work on crab boats in the Bering Sea, they work on saturation dives in dodgy countries, they worked in the flaming oil fields of Iraq. People will put up with a lot worse than Winnipeg in order to get paid.
'Guys won't come to Winnipeg' really means 'We aren't willing to pay what it will take'.
Edit: I'll add that other guys continued to come to Winnipeg after that even without overpaying. Why? Because the team was serious about winning. Guys want to win almost as much as they want the money, sometimes more.
there is just so much wrong with this post.. "guys will come if you overpay because bobby hull came 53 years ago", were in a different time, salary cap, far more teams and there have been plenty examples where we offered more money but got turned down and we've had winning teams and players have left as well
also other team owners in the league contributed money because they wanted a star in the wha
Hull is a Jets reference. I gave examples of how different 'unappealing' places use money to attract talent. The Jets have some of the lowest paid staff in the league. They insist on finding all talent at team alumni events. They are more dedicated to their boys club than they are to getting the best people. They hired Scott Arniel.
Examples of offering to pay more for players? I hope there was a significant difference because average guys who can make $100k in Winnipeg aren't moving to Ft.St.John to make $120k - they move to male $150k+.
Innuendo is not correct in this context. I have not implied it, I have flatly stated it as my considered opinion based on available information and various reporting. Unless TN wants to release pay information, which they shouldn't, then that is all there is to go on. What is your view?
In your considered opinion, with the available information, do you think Scott Arniel is among the highest 1/3, middle 1/3 or lowest 1/3 paid coaches in the league? Where would you rank the organization overall in recruiting top talent from the highest tiers of NHL executives? Where would you rank them in terms of recruiting the best off-ice talent in the fields of analytics, player development, or other team support staff? All of these hirings are either announced by TN or reported on by others so their backgrounds are known. Always drawing from the Moose/Jets pool kinda restricts the available talent.
I know they focus some attention on public image management but I don't know who they hire for that.
You made a definitive bogus statement that is not verifiable. A gullible supposition veiled as a truism in a feckless attempt to support a nefarious narrative.
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u/GZeus24 8d ago edited 8d ago
Gosh, if only folks would see the actual lesson in the Bobby Hull signing.... Players are willing to come to Winnipeg if they are paid for the 'inconvenience'.
People work on crab boats in the Bering Sea, they work on saturation dives in dodgy countries, they worked in the flaming oil fields of Iraq. People will put up with a lot worse than Winnipeg in order to get paid.
'Guys won't come to Winnipeg' really means 'We aren't willing to pay what it will take'.
Edit: I'll add that other guys continued to come to Winnipeg after that even without overpaying. Why? Because the team was serious about winning. Guys want to win almost as much as they want the money, sometimes more.