Everything (Very) Old Is New Again?

This looks to be it for John Ferguson Jr.

Every major media outlet is now reporting that Leafs brass is actively searching out - and attempting to hire - JFJ's successor. Bob McKenzie dropped the biggest bomb with his story, which stated the team had offered the job to Cliff Fletcher. I hate Bob McKenzie's reporting as much as the next guy - his shitty writing is somewhere above the level of The Toronto Sun yet somewhere below an infant's plastic bath book (See Bob eat. Eat Bob eat!), his opinion is often way off to the point of being embarrassing, and he insists on stroking Sidney Crosby's cock at every opportunity - but the one thing you can't take from Bob is that he is well connected. I'd go as far as saying that Bob McKenzie is the best connected media man in hockey. When Bob writes a story like this, go shout it on a mountain, because it is true.

When asked whether the team had contacted Fletcher, the best that Richard Peddie could do - in an attempt to hide the obvious fact that the team had - was, "As I have said to everyone I am not talking about management changes. If and when they happen I will talk to the media then."

Soooo, has Cliff already moved into JFJ's office, or is he still waiting for him to clean out his porno collection (mainly Asian, with a few Roman Shower fetish vids) and empty vodka bottles (see his complexion for proof) from the desk drawers? Not a thickly-veiled comment, Peddie. The least you could have done for your man is continue your lie about JFJ being the GM of the team going forward.

I detest the job that JFJ has done as GM of the Leafs, but this is one thing for which I feel sorry for him. Richard Peddie, his strongest (only?) supporter within the ranks of Leafs upper management, has thrown JFJ under the bus and completely left him out in the cold. Peddie's distancing of himself from JFJ is so blatant it makes MSNBC's firing of Don Imus look friendly. I mean, fer fucksakes, he called JFJ's hiring a mistake - in public! Translation: Richard Peddie is a heartless fucking cockroach who'd likely kick his mother down the stairs to make MLSE's stock rise a quarter of a point.

All that aside, I for one am patiently awaiting JFJ's firing. MLSE should hold a contest, the winners of which get to be the few lucky Leafs fans that run him outta town. JFJ won't be allowed back in Toronto ever again. Should he break try to sneak back into the city limits, he gets hit with a balled up sock inside of another sock. It's a formidable weapon - kinda like a Nerf version of a morningstar...but it stings like a bitch!

With JFJ behind us, the Leafs can begin to move forward. Cliff Fletcher - or whoever else ends up getting the GM job - need to begin a rebuilding process that should start with the captain being traded on or before February 26. Bones it!

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