SensArmy defends Brian Murray's last two years.While his opening argument is rather specious -- if not Murray, then who? -- he does provide a detailed analysis of Murray's major moves over the last two years and comes to the conclusion that Murray isn't the scapegoat we've all been looking for.
On the one hand, it is a good idea to have a replacement in mind before you fire an under-performing employee. However the mere lack of a suitable replacement should not prevent us from taking a hard look at that employee's record. And the record that counts is the one on the ice, no matter how hard you look at individual trades.
And that record, this year, definitely comes up short.
I do buy that two years isn't enough to really judge Murray's performance, though. He does deserve more time.
But not much more. We need to see improvement next year, to get some indication that the Murray Era will be a positive one for the team.
