01-22-2010, 11:04 AM
Gomez was a brutal signing, he's been overrated his whole career, and to me that signing just sums up perfectly Gainey's mismanagement of this team. Not only is Gomez the most overpaid player in the entire league, Gainey gave up the team's number one prospect in Ryan McDonough to get him.
As for the Laraque thing, I think it just shows the general lack of class Gainey has. He called him to tell him instead of meeting face to face, he did it right after Haiti disaster and Gainey said they lacked confidence in him. Laraque is the exact same player today as he was when the Habs first picked him up. I never really saw a need for him, or thought he brought anything to the team, but Gainey could have handled this in a much better way. Nothing new for him though, he fired the whole Hamilton Bulldogs staff over the phone last year. This better be Gainey's last season as GM.
As for the Laraque thing, I think it just shows the general lack of class Gainey has. He called him to tell him instead of meeting face to face, he did it right after Haiti disaster and Gainey said they lacked confidence in him. Laraque is the exact same player today as he was when the Habs first picked him up. I never really saw a need for him, or thought he brought anything to the team, but Gainey could have handled this in a much better way. Nothing new for him though, he fired the whole Hamilton Bulldogs staff over the phone last year. This better be Gainey's last season as GM.