CoachReilly 688 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Part Two -- GM Succession As we continue to look at GM succession, we see a number of changes from the S46 and S45 off-seasons, and this is where you really begin to see how vastly the methodology can range. These next three successions were unquestionably beneficial to the respective organizations and make the recent Davos change look incredibly unfair. Please feel free to leave your thoughts below in the comments section, and feel free to tag @CoachReilly. If you'd like to read the first part of this article, please click the link below: GM Succession, Part 1 Cologne: Thaddeus Humbert >> Joel Jarvi Timing: S46 Off-Season Exchange: COL received rights to Joel Jarvi (S47 - D), a top three prospect in his respective class for no particular reason. Cologne was also able to trade Humbert and one other player to New York for a S48 NYA 1st, S48 NYA 2nd, and Tyson Stokes. Comments: Although this only happened exactly one season ago, you can see how ridiculously outlandish the return for Cologne became. Besides receiving a free prospect, they were able to also get a solid return for their former GM. Cologne didn't even have to exchange a second round pick for him in a historically weak draft class. If we were looking at prospect rankings, Jarvi probably would have been the first or second best prospect from this class. There were no two sides to this transition - just a blatant miss by the board of governors with no offsetting detraction from the Express. Rating: 1st MENGSK SPEAKS TO THE MEDIA, SHORTLY AFTER BEING NAMED GM OF SEATTLE Toronto: Sachimo Zoidberg >> Max Molholt and Seattle: Brady Stropko/James Faraday >> Arcturus Mengsk Timing: S45 Off-Season TOR Exchange: Top S45 player Max Molholt was acquired in exchange for voiding Toronto's S46 2nd round pick SEA Exchange: Top S45 player Arcturus Mengsk was acquired in exchange for voiding Toronto's S46 2nd round pick Comments: The Toronto/Seattle transitions were both incredibly one-sided. Although the S45 draft was strong, neither team had to give up a pick in that draft. Instead, they were able to defer their voided draft choice to S46's second round. Both players are undoubted, first round talents. Additionally, the two teams were able to respectively leverage Zoidberg as well as Faraday for some great draft choices. Again, the two teams vastly underpaid for their original acquisition of their new general managers' players, while also getting a direct bonus from trading their former GMs. This one is again, very, very favorable to the respective franchises. Rating: T-2nd As we reach our conclusion, it's clear to see that the patterns of GM succession are all over the map. The VHL's Board of Governors needs to take a serious look in the mirror and decide to employ some sort of consistent methodology moving forward, taking a range of factors into consideration, including but not limited to: (1) worth of exchange -- does this greatly hurt a team or does this greatly help a team? Are we really giving the VHL overall a fair shake? Does the future value of the player match what we're exchanging? Are we exchanging anything at all? (2) current team situation -- how much help does this team currently need? (3) precedent -- how does this compare to prior GM changes? In the long run, I'm hoping we can trust the BOG to take these matters more seriously than they have in the past. If there's major disagreement when a decision is announced, you can reconsider. Be flexible. There's no shame in reversing an unfair decision. eaglesfan036 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesfan036 4,595 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Cologne: Thaddeus Humbert >> Joel Jarvi how is that situation different from goon's situation, according to that he should have gotten his player for free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachReilly 688 Posted March 15, 2016 Author Share Posted March 15, 2016 I am banning myself from responding after this post because i've aired it all out already, but the thought is that it was just a colossal fuck up by BOG in the end with Cologne's succession and two wrongs don't make a right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrick 4,741 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 @CoachReilly I'm just tagging you, no reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evrydayimbyfuglien 600 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Review: I was hoping someone else would get to this first but alas, here I am. I actually enjoyed reading about these situations I was completely oblivious to. There was one point of confusion for me though, namely this: On 3/15/2016 at 9:36 PM, CoachReilly said: SEA Exchange: Top S45 player Arcturus Mengsk was acquired in exchange for voiding Toronto's S46 2nd round pick I'm assuming this was just an oversight and it was voiding Seattle's S46 2nd round pick. Other than that, very well written and described. I'm hoping this will be the last of these articles now. haha. Keep up the good writing, I guess if this is something you're interested in writing about, it makes for good articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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