Mike Halford

Maybe we should join the queue and get in line and start doing some of these interviews ourselves.

There was no way the guy that just traded Quinn Hughes was going to be like, also, we have a culture problem.

He wasn't going to admit it.

Oh, my God.

Herein lies the larger problem, I think.

Is that I don't think Alvin was ever right for this job from the get.

And I think that's what they're going to course correct this offseason.

Sorry, I don't mean to cut you off.

I think in a lot of ways that I think he was set up kind of to be the fall guy in the end and maybe to fail.

Why not just be the general manager?

I think that's what they're course-correcting right now.

I think they might keep the same structure, which I think is a problem.

I'm not saying they're going to do a good job of this, Adog.

Like, I think part of what happened is that when it became apparent that Alvin, I'm going to speak as frankly as I can here.

Wasn't doing the job to the level that they wanted it done.

Operationally, Rutherford had a quick parachute in constantly.

I think the kiss of death was when at the Quinn Hughes trade and the post media availability, there was two different media availabilities and Rutherford was telling everyone that he took it off Alvin's plate.

And I think that was it.

I think it was over then.

I think it was over for Alvin right there.