So Neil Smith got his dream job back and was an NHL GM. It lasted about six weeks and the Islanders owner Charles Wang fired him because he didn't like the new structure - everyone reports to the owner rather than the GM. This is starting to look like a CFL Glieberman circus. And it gets better.
Mr Wang, who stuck with Mad Mike Milbury for ever, then hired his backup goaltender as general manager. I promised not to tell but he interviewed me and I would have gotten the job if my fantasy hockey team had performed a bit better last year. Garth Snow, the new GM has a steep learning curve ahead of him. He has to find a way to dump his own salary which will count against the cap for the next two years and to hire his own goaltending replacement.
Pat Lafontaine who had come on as a special assistant to someone or other then decided to bail out before it got too crazy.
Apparently there is a fair bit of luck in getting filthy rich because Mr Wang does not appear to have a clue what a laughing stock he is.
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I golfed with Harry Neale in a celebrity tournament and he told us that Nolan was behind this firing. Nolan insisted that he hire both assistant coaches (normally coach hires one, GM hires one) and also insisted that he hire the training and equipment staff (GM's responsibility as well). When Smith challenged him on this, Nolan went over his head to Wang and that was the end of Smith.
Somewhere John Muckler is saying "I told you so"
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