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Waddell’s Job Still Safe in Atlanta
by Alanah McGinley on 11/04/08 at 05:23 PM ET
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From Craig Custance at his Sporting News blog:
The job of general manager and executive vice president Don Waddell is safe—although [Thrashers co-owner Bruce] Levenson wouldn’t rule out any future changes.
“There’s nothing new with Don,” Levenson told sportingnews.com. “We look at our coaches and general managers all the time. We’ve made changes in the past—coaching and general managers in our organization (the Atlanta Spirit, which also owns the Atlanta Hawks). We look at that all the time.”
Waddell was hired as the general manager of the expansion Thrashers in 1998, and the team has only made the playoffs once. Early indications are that this year’s team is a longshot for postseason play.
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... their future after he’s fired isn’t exactly any great shakes, either. No fans, a generally disinterested fanbase in general, limited prospects of note, etc, etc, etc.
That aside… of course Wads isn’t on the hot seat. If putting together a crap team for 10 years isn’t enough to get a guy canned, why would doing it for 11 be?
Posted by HockeyinHD on 11/04/08 at 08:46 PM ET
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The Thrashers will never amount to anything until Waddell is fired.
Posted by PuckHound61 from Speckville USA on 11/04/08 at 05:53 PM ET