On one hand, some people are going to feel good if John Chayka succeeds right away in his new role as general manager of the Arizona Coyotes. Most of them will probably tilt toward the 35-and-under demographic.
On the other hand, some other people will feel good if Chayka fails. Many of them will be your "Get off my lawn" demo, some of whom probably have ties older than his 26 years.
The Coyotes made history Thursday in making Chayka the youngest GM in North American pro sports history. Though he played junior hockey, he otherwise looks like your classic young startup computer data wonk, the kind of guy the older guard of the sport probably no doubt are snickering at and saying, "What the heck does this guy know about running a hockey team?"
We're about to find out, and it should be fascinating.
Chayka's story would be a dime-a-dozen in Silicon Valley: 20-something still in college starts tinkering around on a computer with numbers and algorithms in the family basement. Soon, he devises to make a new business from his experiments and catches the eye of the bigger business worl ...
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Article written by Adrian Dater