Just seen this. Thanks, @AJW. Appreciate the kind words and article. Always love GM articles. There's honestly not enough of them! Need more coverage on GM's of all leagues. I enjoy being a player but my massive passion in GMing.
Crazy to think it's been 48 seasons and 9 years as Bears GM in May. That's a long time to do or be anything 3,528 regular season games. 1,941 - 1,300 - 287. 402 playoff games. 216-186. 14th finals, I think. 8 cups (I think, too lol). 8-5 rn in the finals. Met too many awesome people and as you know, I keep in touch with most. It's awesome.
It's been a great ride. There's parts of me that definitely thinks about stepping down. I've thought, probably for the last 2 cups, that if I win - "do the mic drop thing", but it hasn't happened yet. The hunger is still there. The tank just isn't as full. There's times when I know I'm not as good as I once was. Sometimes I still am. @Spartan mentioned me in a comment today that had me think again. I've had this thought before but at times, I'm not as hardcore as I once was. Maybe that's a good thing. I'm no longer analyzing the shit out of stuff in playoffs. It was crazy. Finding patterns. Countering. Studying each game. Comparing to regular season and other teams/series. Now? Yes, but not as hardcore. I do it when it's required and I've had it happen where I was like "shit, I should have acted quicker". Maybe that's the perfectionist/passion in me for the role and serving the Bears family.
I've thought about stepping down. More and more as the days go on. Too many milestones coming up. 50 seasons, 100th VHL season and, I mean, 10 years If I really want to finish this marathon.
@Updater can I please claim this as a VHL.com article/Fan 590 or whatever +2 TPE