I seriously question certain posters opinions on here though. Were you here through the bad times when the old WNIR was demolished? Were you on the ice after the game against the Bison? Did you march from city hall in protest? Odds are probably not for around 50% of posters.
This ice hockey organisation has become in my opinion the best in Britain.
I'm going to put it out there quite simply that Andrew Lord, Todd Kellman and the ownership group have got this under control. They've done a pretty good job over the last few years. They will also sign the best players available to them.
All you guys calling for Jake's head, think bigger. Lordo is obviously going to go elsewhere. Might be this year or next. What better person to come in and literally just continue what Lordo has started. He loves the club, he loves the city.
Give it 5 years and you could all be moaning that Jake is leaving. With the organisation in place I'd bet that 5 years after that we'll be in the same place.
While I agree with this often, wrt heated posts during the season, I think this criticism of the forum is a bit unwarranted on this occasion. It's fair enough to discuss in the off season which players might return, and where an upgrade might happen. Mainly just for the fun of discussing it. I do trust the management, completely, but it's a bit dull to post "whatever they do it will be great" every day. I think people have been mostly measured in their comments re Mo and Pope. They're not being hysterical and saying they're rubbish, but if you want to improve a team (and I'm sure that is Lordo's aim), then you have to change some players, you can't just re-sign everyone.
We don't know who will have left under their own steam anyway, of course, and that will influence decisions - for instance if Dixon, Hedden, Livingstone and Ulmer (say) have all decided to move on or retire, then retaining Mo and Pope becomes increasingly likely, and understandable. FWIW (ie not much), I think Mo did a good job in a different role last year and brings stability to the club, and acts as that link between managements and players, so he does more than what we see on the ice. I think he'll stay, but perhaps as the 'spare' import, dropping to the bench and being an almost assistant coach.