1) Firstly we want to say that we at FAUXRUMORS are big Burke fans. Not only has he been a fairly successful hockey executive(The GM of the Cup champs), etc, but we like the manner in which he constructs his teams. Pushing a style of hockey(old time hockey some would call it) that most real hockey fans prefer. We also like the fact that he isn't evasive with the media. Unlike GM's such as former Flyers boss Bobby Clark, who many times would say one thing and the next day do the exact opposite/treat the media/fans as if they were his mortal enemy, Burke tells it like it is. Folks in the media know if he says something, they can take it to the bank.
2) So we listened to his interview last week with a significant degree of interest. (The link for the entire interview is provided) In the 3 minute or so segment he was asked about his (former-?) friend Kevin Lowe, who successfully signed away Dustin Penner from the Ducks this summer, he didn't hold back any punches (and we wonder if given a chance he would literally hold back punches?!) what he felt about Lowe. Calling his move "colossal stupidity" and stating that he felt Lowe had 'run his own team into the ground', and "threw a grenade at the other 29 teams" in response to his own bad moves
3) This is our take:
- Yes, the Lowe move to try to sign Vanek, then successfully get Penner WERE moves of desperation. At the time, we at FAUXRUMORS said just that- http://newfaux.blogspot.com/2007/07/is-lowe-desperate.html
- We also mention here how we feel this move(s) may have long term implication to the league. http://newfaux.blogspot.com/2007/07/vanek-wins-lottery.html
- That said, we disagree with the public/personal manner in which Burke has made this. Lowe did NOTHING against the rules as outlined in the new CBA. He merely used these rules to try to improve his club. Its not his job to worry about the other 29 teams, and what ramifications his club's moves will have on others.
- He may have broken the unwritten code of screwing a fellow GM, and making the mistake of not informing Burke prior to screwing him, but that was Lowe's prerogative to do. It may have been a bad move, and it may have been a crappy thing to do to a buddy, but this is not a friendly hockey pool, this is a multi-billion dollar business, and Lowe very well may be trying to save his own buttocks. He needs to do what he feels is best for HIS team. In this instance Brian Burke should button/bite his lips and get over it and move on.
12 comments:
You might like Burke but I think hes a total sonofabitch. Burkes a baby a like you said needs to shut his pie hole
I don't like Burke, not one bit. I respect the man because he does have a sharp eye for talent.
I think he's a bully, and the way he handled the whole Bertuzzi incident years ago was classless, IMO.
He is also being a big baby about this Lowe deal. What Lowe did was stupid, not unethical though
In making sure everyone reads this, whether they care or not!!!
Antzmarching said...
Whoa Hawkie... You should know better than anyone, that Antz operates independently of those so-called "phonies" - you would have hijacked me long ago... Even for you, that is a reckless and irresponsible comment... DO NOT bring me into this ongoing pathetic charade you are advancing... I respond to all of the Faux bloggers, real or imagined... I prefer to have fun here, discussing hockey and whatever else...
Do whatever you wish regarding your silly vendetta, but don't drag me into it...
1) Antz: No need to respond to his (Hawk/Nutz/Shuck/Juan Carlos, etc.) drivel.
2) One can only speculate why he feels he needs to spout his tripe, but its of little consequence to us here. We are all enjoying writing and watching the blog grow.
3) Jibble: We definitely can understand your animus towards Burke. He can spout off and look foolish, but we prefer that over the Bobby Clark secretive/liar types
Burke isn't given the credit he deserves for turning around the Canucks. he made that deal ondraft day to get both of the sedins.
I don't know what that colorado guys problem is with Burke and Bertuzzi. Some guy with diarhea of the mouth says that Burke ordered betuzzi to go after Moore. Its total bullshit. Bertuzzi shouldn't have jumped Moore from behind but Moore deserved to be punished for his hit on Naslund. You play with fire you get burned.
1) Dexter: We agree that Burke did help revive the 'Nucks. He never won you guys the big prize, but they were better the day he left than the day he arrived.
2) We do NOT want to get into the whole Moore-Bertuzzi thing now! We guess we could go back and review the statements that Burke and the other participants made all those years ago, but we prefer not to go and rehash all that mess once again
So what is wrong with our guy sayin whats on his mind? he thinks Lowe is a dirty low down piece of crap and he said so. He don't need no friend like that. Penner he was a good player but he wasnt worth that kind a money that lowe gave him to steal him away. i hope someone get back at lowe and steal one of his guys next time. what come around go around boss!
I don't know what that colorado guys problem is with Burke and Bertuzzi. Some guy with diarhea of the mouth says that Burke ordered betuzzi to go after Moore. Its total bullshit. Bertuzzi shouldn't have jumped Moore from behind but Moore deserved to be punished for his hit on Naslund. You play with fire you get burned.
The guy is an excellent judge of talent, and a good GM. His philosophy and the culture he embraces encourages the types of cheap shots that saw Moore with a ruined career and life, and left that giant fighter Kim Johansson on the ice injured for Minnesota last season.
He acts like a bully, which is what he's trying to do to Lowe here, by making veiled threats about a move he found distasteful.
There's a difference between fighting and thuggery and he encourages thuggery.
1) Wow, we didn't expect the discussion to get this intense. LOL Being we live and are usually east of the Mississippi we probably didn't get the whole flavour of the Moore incident and the emotions it elicited, and how a polarizing figure Burke has become with quite a few folks out there!
I think most people have left it behind them, I have even forgiven Bertuzzi (I wrote a blog post about it). I don't hate him any more than I did before the whole incident.
But Burke's a jackass, and I hated that he won a cup.
I concur Jibble - I don't hate Bertuzzi any MORE now than I did before the incident... I continue to hate him without reservation...
He used to play more like Todd SKIRTuzzi on Long Island... Then, apparently he snapped, and became a sociopath...
Hey Kono, no offense, but I thought you died in Hawaii a few years back from diabetes... Maybe that was the OTHER Kono, or the OTHER Zulu...
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