00:01Troubling update on the Red Wings general manager search I saw this this
00:06morning and I'm having a hard time accepting it and believing it Stoney
00:09they haven't interviewed anybody it you know what it's a clown show a little
00:17series arena it's it's incredible now it's been gone for over a month they
00:24haven't interviewed anybody no Bob Duff he was on NHL Network the Duffer Greg can
00:30we play this for people because I have a hard time accepting this is true how
00:34have you not interviewed anybody oh he says we need a second we're turning that
00:38audio around plus some other stuff that he had to say yes because he was able to
00:41kind of paint the picture of what's really going on over there Stoney this
00:44doesn't sit right with you me it shouldn't sit right with people who are
00:48paying customers fans of this team you haven't interviewed some how are you
00:52gonna get somebody in place to sort all this out you know he's divided you know
00:57he's divided with the Tigers bullpen and the red no I'm just kidding it's it's
01:02ridiculous if you're gonna fire the guy first of all it would be nice to hear
01:09from you but you have to have something going on your mind about who you want to
01:14hire and all that it's whatever sorry I jumped the gun we have it now this is Bob
01:19Duff NHL Network there's no interview happening
01:49yeah because who's gonna make the trade
01:51I know they said Horkoff is not gonna be making any transactions though
01:57I'm just a little baffled it's one thing to not have hired somebody correct
02:02thorough vetting and and deep deep interview process have you started it
02:08check the you haven't started the process check the uh Olympia Entertainment or the
02:12Little Caesars a you know corporate you know websites for job postings maybe is it is the
02:17job been posted yeah unbelievable I mean the jokes write themselves Duff said at the end
02:23that the Larkin trade's not gonna happen until they have a GM in place right and think he was
02:28able to to say yeah Larkin's gonna be at camp but that he doesn't think there's any change in
02:35what Larkin wants to happen here
03:03that's gonna be another clown show
03:07I mean is he gonna speak well he'll have to well he thought will he have a C on his
03:14jersey I have no who the hell knows it's a it's crazy Stoney you asked the question they asked
03:21Bob Duff gave an answer will he have the C
03:26that they'll take it away
03:27I'd love you
03:31I'd love you
03:41I'd love you
03:56i'd love to go know what's going through todd mcclellan's mind right now
04:01because he's been in hockey a long time too and this is not normal it's absurd it really is
04:09who's running the show i mean not that there's anything really to run right now but
04:14no but it's gonna be yes you have to you have that you have your larkin the trade request
04:21evanson you know well you know wait till the last second to you know extend him or whatever
04:25you're gonna do is some team might offer sheet them at the and who's gonna sit there and decide
04:29whether we're gonna match it or not oh the zamboni drivers what's else about could do it i don't know
04:38won't be him i know it won't be him you hear this stuff you tell us how does this sit
04:46with you
04:47stoney you called it a clown show inside a clown show inside a clown show it's clownception yeah
04:52absolutely absolutely hey look you you got your you got your tickets right you didn't get the full
04:59season right you got that half season okay well obviously you can't get your money back i don't
05:03know whether you would want to anyway because you still want to watch hockey i get that but
05:06it's it's a joke it's a freaking joke right now yeah it just feels like they took the deposit and
05:12flushed it down the toilet like what are they doing yeah look could it come back obviously and you know
05:19they everything can be somewhat you hire the right guy he pulls off the larkin trade you guys are all
05:26doing we knew what we were doing okay fine whatever but right now on this date it just looks like
05:33there
05:33is no leader it's like a rudderless ship right now and i know sometimes ownership when they speak they
05:43don't speak the right way and we need somebody chris please to just talk to your fans tell them you
05:52have
05:52it under control if you think you do because people are like are pissed off they really are
06:00i i i a good friend of mine he's like you know who actually knows a lot of these people
06:06who are in
06:06the front office and people don't even know what the hell's going on there yeah that's disturbing um
06:13the other thing i think about is this this was on nhl network the whole hockey world they forget about
06:18our fans here in our city and and how frustrated we are the whole hockey world's got to be laughing
06:23at us or or at the very least like scratching their head going what the hell's wrong with
06:27detroit wait a second this is detroit right yeah a city uh murray original six team you know one of
06:34the destination franchises i understand it's not that much anymore because the team hasn't playing
06:39but at least you can be a bad team and still operate in a professional way this isn't professional
06:46that's the best way to put this this is not professional you haven't interviewed somebody a month
06:51after the job opened up and to be fair this is just what bob duff is hearing and he's pretty
06:58accurate is bob duff credible yes okay you know bob duff yes bob duff's covered the game nhl network
07:04put him on their tv they didn't take some guy from a basement blog correct they took a respected hockey
07:09voice and asked him the question and he said i'm not hearing any interviews right that have happened
07:13with our with the red wings now it's possible that they are just so tight-lipped and close to the
07:17vest that nothing's leaking i doubt it especially in that sport oh well this is leaking this is coming
07:23from somewhere yeah you know to me it's just a further indication that larkin will be on this team
07:29this season the fact that they have no urgency to get a gm i believe it's been decided that they've
07:36probably talked he's probably coming back tom mcclellan's probably coming back as coach you're too close
07:41you're getting too close to trade so i would just say this i'm gonna play devil's advocate here
07:46how big of a deal it is if your roster's set that you don't have a gm like i know
07:52what you're saying
07:52is why does it matter that it takes one month or two months as long as you get it right
07:56because
07:57every single thing has been decided because i'm in the belief that larkin has been decided well if it
08:01has at least for your public perception you have to at least address it but it's not settled long term
08:07right okay larkin still i believe wants to be traded no matter who's here i popped up just said that
08:13as we said so you got that you got evansson you have other things on the roster that need to
08:19be
08:20worked out and a lot of stuff is minor but like if somebody came after evansson i believe the wings
08:26have already made the decision on what they've done would do probably you know depending what the
08:31price is yes so i don't think there's i i personally don't believe there's decisions in limbo
08:36this could come back to backfire on me well there is a decision in limbo who's gonna run the
08:40hockey ops that decision is still how does that affect that the roster going into this season
08:46which you guys are freaking out about the beginning of the season as a timeline here no it's it's not
08:50even because of what's gonna be on the ice they're not interviewing people it's just that it's just but
08:54as long as you get the right guy by the start of the season why the start of the year
08:58just get
08:58them by the deadline i mean seriously the way you're talking why why haven't you start making no you
09:03just match edvinson larkin you're interrupting me you didn't let me finish
09:07you want you have roster decisions to make once camp begins okay somebody let todd make them
09:12somebody gets hurt you go get somebody that needs to be made by the new guy my point is if
09:18you don't
09:19have any hockey decisions to be made minus evansson and i think larkin's back i do well i don't
09:24understand why why didn't these guys elaborate on bob duff stuff about larkin what do you mean like
09:28one of the national guys i know when you were playing at least back here oh they still got this
09:32larkin thing hanging over their head well bob duff said he's going to be in camp right he said
09:37that last earlier this week but tom don't don't be obtuse if he shows up to camp it's still going
09:41to hang over their head they're going to have to address it yeah they don't have to address it right
09:46now so if as long as they have the general manager by training camp is that okay do you think
09:51they
09:51should interview someone before training camp yes i do now you're being very smart me that's you know
09:56that's i know i am but that's that's stony used the word professional right that's all you have to
10:01start what they're going to just pull a name out of thin air in the next two weeks how about
10:05you
10:05interview a couple people and then a second interview tom how quickly should this take
10:09place they're going to bring someone in hear their pitch and hire them on the spot they have a firm
10:14who
10:14is starting to build a list of candidates yes you don't until the the list is provided you don't
10:20interview the firm of course is run by a former red wing uh associate len perna but that's another
10:30deal um well if i if i'm fine if i'll put it this way if i was ownership what am
10:34i paying this firm
10:35to do if we don't have a list a month i will say this fire the firm guys remember look
10:40i do you guys
10:40think larkins is playing on this team this year he'll play the first game of the season as a detroit
10:44red wing so you think something could still materialize very quick no in season i mean it could
10:50happen at any point right i mean if he expands a list or a team that's desperate on his list
10:54gives up
10:55more i mean they're doing themselves no favors by not putting out some sort of statement here
11:00instead of getting it from bob duff because it's allowing this which has transpired between us it's
11:07not good for them it's bad pr what's i'm saying this is going to be seen around the league bob
11:11duff
11:12is not a nobody this is on nhl network he's telling you the red wings a month post eiserman
11:17haven't interviewed someone this isn't going to be settled like he's talking about will they have
11:22someone in place by training camp this is what's being discussed in the national hockey sphere of
11:26course we're upset as red wing fans well what is not good for if you're a red wing fan is
11:32the
11:32appearance it looks like well the only person they talked to is jeff greenberg
11:37i will say this if you get a report and you know the friday of the lions uh home opener
11:43which is this
11:44that sunday that's when this is a side and it's jeff greenberg that's not a good look no no it's
11:50it look
11:50it is perception you're right and like i said they could still hire somebody at the right you
11:55know before camp and get things done waiver wires and all that crap but but the bottom line is it's
12:00not going to affect probably anything on the ice because they're going to suck anyway uplifting
12:06stuff perception is what i would say perception yeah in this situation where your franchise is seen as
12:12problematic where your captain who's been here 11 years wants out even with the gm change still wants
12:17out the perception of the red wings is at a 30 year low yes the reputation of the detroit red
12:23wings
12:24is at at least a 30 year low oh absolutely this doesn't help you this is a perception problem as
12:29much as anything else maybe even more than an on ice problem it's a perception problem yes and it's
12:33and it's more than 30 years because i moved here 40 years ago and that was the year that they
12:39didn't
12:39make the play 86 40 40 yeah whatever it's just it's it's it's it's upsetting which what's like when
12:47you have this you know amazing you know classic car and it's just like just let it rot well okay
12:54we
12:54got to keep it moving we'll talk more 97 one
