I like the Sutter family, I really do.....but does anyone else not find the way Rich Sutter has gone about this job hunt to be a little disquieting? I mean, first he did a hatchet job on Roy Stasiuk in the paper. End result: Stasiuk got fired, opening up the G.M. job. The ink hadn't dried on the announcement that Stasiuk was gone when Sutter was back in print, publicly announcing himself as a candidate for the job. Now a few weeks later he's concerned that the process is moving too slowly and/or that he might get left out since he hasn't been interviewed yet. So he's back in the press, telling everyone in Lethbridge about how he knows he is the best candidate.
This wouldn't work with a privately owned team....it only works (if it does end up working for him) because the Hurricanes are owned by hundreds of people, so Sutter is trying to win over the individual shareholders by speaking to them through the media. They can then put pressure on the board and presto, the board hires Sutter to appease the shareholders, many of whom might not know a damn thing about who else has applied, or who the best man for the job is. If Sutter does NOT get the job, is he going to be back in print, cutting up whoever the guy who did get the job is?
How about we skip the interview/hiring process, and everyone who wants to be G.M. of the Hurricanes can just take out a full-page ad in the Lethbridge Herald extolling their virtues. Let the fans decide!
That's no way to run a business. Methinks Rich Sutter should mail his resume in like everyone else, then shut up and let the board pick the best candidate. Maybe it's him, maybe it isn't. That's for them to decide. But enough of this public grandstanding for the job already. (Ironically, he says he doesn't want it to look like he's campaigning for the job, but that is exactly how it does look because he can't stop talking about it!)
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I agree with you Alan, he should shut his yap and follow procedure like everyone else, the problem is Sutter has never had to apply for a job so how would he know the proper way of doing things ( sarcasm detected)
"instant credibility..." ? What has Sutter ever done to feel he can make that statement? The last thing this organization needs is someone like this guy. The reality is that Rich and Ron both rode trhe coattails of there more able brothers - and Rich should just let things take their natural course. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement.
You would be hard pressed to find someone with Rich Sutter's ability and knowledge. I would think that unless you knew the circumstances first hand of our Lethbridge situation, you would not be making the comments regarding Rich Sutter. How do you know he hasn't already mailed in his resume and the board is just being way to slow in the process? They should have made the selection then gone on their vacations. (naw, that makes too much sense) The board needs to get a selection made now, there had been too much talk and not enough action. You have young men and an organization waiting for leadership.
I'm not commenting on Sutter's qualifications or whether he's the best guy for the job. I don't know who else has applied and neither does anyone else except those making the decision, so I don't know how anyone on the outside can come to the conclusion that he is the best candidate when they don't know who else is in the running.
My problem is that by doing this through the media, that is EXACTLY what Rich Sutter is trying to get everyone to do - decide that he is the best candidate, and then start pressuring the board to hire him. All this without all the stakeholders necessarily knowing who else wants the job.
I don't need to be intimately familiar with the situation in Lethbridge to know that's a bad way to pick a GM. If the fans believe in the board, let them do their job and pick who they think is best. If the fans don't believe in the board, then a new GM is not the most pressing problem there anyway.
I love guy's like Mark who say "I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement."
Here is a tip Mark, most people who have a sense of entitlement have earned the right to feel that way.
Most people who feel the way you do, haven't. Don't be bitter with the way the world works Mark, Winners win.
Condecension, dressed up as a "tip", based on a cliche. You could not have said less and revealed more. "people like Mark" ? You have no idea. Thanks for the tip, but I have managed very well to this point so please, save your wisdom for bathroom walls.
Wow. How many times does he mention how strong his communication is and here he is in the media begging for the job? What does that tell you? Name dropping including his own family? He puts the "ass" back class.
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