Philadelphia hockey has never been in more dire straits. And the actions of stewards of 'Flyers culture' — by relying on the culture itself — helped put it there. Which makes it long past time to set aside said culture for good, writes charlieo_conn.
The Flyers are tough. They take care of their own. They promote from within. They spend whatever it takes to win. They don’t believe in taking steps back to take bigger steps forward. True stewards of Flyers culture, the thinking goes, carry the torch of founder Ed Snider, in a relentless march toward inevitable success.In the 1970s and 1980s under Snider, the march began.
After all, the fingerprints of Flyers culture were all over Fletcher’s ultimately failed tenure as GM. In stepped Clarke. Less than 24 hours after Hextall was let go, Fletcher’s name popped up as a candidate — and it was no coincidence that Clarke had given Fletcher his first job in hockey in 1993. Fletcher was Clarke’s preferred option. He knew Fletcher to be a genuinely good person, and a collaborative GM at heart. Fletcher wouldn’t freeze out the alumni as Hextall had.
It was a shot at Hextall, yes. But it also played as an endorsement of what Scott had been led to believe mattered most in a successful Flyers front office — collaboration. And that included the franchise legend senior advisers in the organization — Clarke, Holmgren and Bill Barber.
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