So Chayka deserves a job because he bucks conventional thinking, yet the current structure is stupid because it bucks conventional thinking?
- Atomic Wedgie
Come on, you know damn well that isn't what it says.
Chayka is a young GM who had a very good first year, is wanted by other teams and is fluent in an knows about analytics - something the NHL is moving towards and that helps make your team better, no matter what people say or think.
I think the fact that he's young, open to analytics and perhaps more open to new ideas than an old guy is a good thing.
But this doesn't mean that I like or support anything just because it goes against conventional thinking. I mean, if he always carried around a coconut with him or something, that'd be pretty weird, despite the smashing of established mores that would occur, should he do such a thing.
This reminds me so much of "Why do you care how corrupt I am when you don't like James Comey anyways? "
I mean come on. Yes, I like like to defy convention, but not for the sake of it. Having a coach be the GMs boss is just a bad idea on so many levels.
