John McDonough fired

[zack54attack]

Wow..

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1254883114045911043

 

[CRM 114]

Hopefully Bowman will be following him out the door soon.

 

[Icculus]

It's almost a certainty that StanBo will go very soon. Rocky doesn't **** around!

 

[LordKOTL]

Hopefully Bowman will be following him out the door soon.

My guess is Bowman is demoted upstairs.

 

[Bigfoot]

Came out of left field. I did see that Rocky son might be or is taking over the Presidents role. Be interesting to see if Stangoof makes it out now.

 

[Diehardfan]

This is quite surprising considering the shabby shape the organization was in when he took over. Under his watch, this team went from backpage page news to battling the Bears and Cubs for headlines.....from a team that only a handful of fans cared about to a string of sold out United Centers. I suspect that we haven't heard the whole story yet.

 

[JimAKABlkhwks918]

Great marketing guy that came along at the right time and maximized the positive exposure of a winning Hawks team.

Not a hockey guy by any stretch of the imagination.

Wish him well in the future, but a very necessary move.

Hope Bowman follows him out the door and doesn't take his job...

 

[anotheridiot]

The story on WGN Chicago Blackhawks release John McDonough

said Daniel has been named interim since he has a job on the board of governors for the NHL. Maybe VP was the highest title he could hold while working directly for the NHL.

Amazing how things are changing, I hope this means Bowmans have no more allies.

 

[MassHavoc]

Oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God oh my God it's fucking happening

 

[Tater]

 

[MassHavoc]

Banned

 

[Tater]

Banned

disliked.

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

My guess is Bowman is demoted upstairs.

Maybe the accounting dept will have an opening.

 

[Jack Lantern]

Hopefully Bowman will be following him out the door soon.

any time new President of hockey operations comes in (that's in any sport) they usually want their guys so yea, Stan is on the hotseat.

 

[Bigfoot]

I do hope that Stan is the next shoe to drop honestly. This team needs a new direction and new voices in the Front Office. Stan has failed miserably in keeping this organization from a player personal standpoint as a contender. No way in hell with 19,88,2,50 on our roster should we not be a playoff team. Stan failed to keep up with the changing of the game, or did not recognize it. This was obvious in the 2015 Cup season that moving forward a team would need size, speed, and a nonstop super aggressive on the forecheck.

Factor in the boneheaded trades and misses on draft picks and the hiring of JC more than enough evidence to move on from this current t regime. Playing the hindsight game this team has looked the same under Q and JC, so Stan thinking a new voice was needed he whiffed bigtime. It was his poorly constructed roster that led to us missing the playoffs for 3 years, and looking like a rudderless ship just going in circles out.

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

This is quite surprising considering the shabby shape the organization was in when he took over. Under his watch, this team went from backpage page news to battling the Bears and Cubs for headlines.....from a team that only a handful of fans cared about to a string of sold out United Centers. I suspect that we haven't heard the whole story yet.

I don't think it's surprising at all. Are you John McDonough IRL? This isn't the first time you've white knighted for the Grinch. This organization was very well positioned for a resurrection after Kane was drafted... the core was in place and most of the things he did were no brainers. I will agree that he is good at marketing which is what he should stick to instead of involving himself in hockey decisions/player acquisitions. He interfered when with the Cubs also and that didn't end well for him.

 

[Bigfoot]

I guess my biggest fear in this whole episode is the Hawks becoming the Bears. Putting someone from the family into the Presidents role that wouldnt have gotten this position with any other organization, but does cause of the family.

 

[Granada]

I guess my biggest fear in this whole episode is the Hawks becoming the Bears. Putting someone from the family into the Presidents role that wouldnt have gotten this position with any other organization, but does cause of the family.

I'm not saying your fear of the Hawks becoming like the Bears is unjustified, but it is kind of ironic because, the (overall) fear until yesterday had been that the Hawks would be like the Bulls. It's doubly ironic that, now that the Bulls have finally made the changes that all of their fans wanted, perhaps the Hawks are making the changes that all of their fans wanted too -- which will culminate in the firing of Stan Bowman and the implementation of a real rebuild.

Right now, Dan Wirtz is just the interim president until they find someone else -- so that is encouraging.

People seem to believe that this definitely spells the end for Stan Bowman -- and I sincerely hope they're right, because he should have been gone before anyone, including Q and McD. However, if that indeed were the case, why wouldn't Rocky simply fire Bowman? I find it somewhat hard to believe that McD had such loyalty for Stan that he refused to fire him. I don't know -- many people are assuming this is more like when a GM is fired, and a new GM is hired and fires the coach to bring in a guy he likes -- but is this really as similar when it's a president? I hope so, but I'm more cautiously optimistic than anything.

The thing that worries me is that, if McD did play a bigger role in acquiring/trading players, maybe Rocky viewed him as a threat to Stan. So he decided to fire McD in order to (once again) save Bowman, even though -- from a marketing perspective -- the team is as successful and popular as ever.

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

I think Rocky has set it up for the new president to fire Stan and and hire a new GM, it will happen.

Eddie O is already being talked about to leave the booth.

 

[Bigfoot]

Im not a fan of Stan at all, and do hope he gets the axe soon. As for Eddie O I'm not sure how to feel about it. Guy was a good player knows the game, has slot of connections with in the hockey community; my sons always like it when he goes "all you young hockey players out there insert teaching point". I guess the question is can he run an organization like the Hawks, and put the pieces in place to make us Cup Contender again.