Doug Wilson’s Plan for the San Jose Sharks’ Rebuild Deserves Serious Criticism

March 14th, 2015 by Jonathan Willis Leave a reply »

San Jose Sharks general manager Doug Wilson said a lot of significant things in a meeting with the team’s season-ticket holders on Thursday.

When he wasn’t rehashing San Jose’s decision to strip Joe Thornton of his captaincy or taking gratuitous shots at Patrick Marleau’s plus/minus, he spent time defending his handling of a difficult transition period as the team attempts to shift responsibility to younger players.

David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News has rightly been receiving accolades for his coverage of this whole fiasco, and in two articles for that outlet, he detailed many of Wilson’s statements. Some of Wilson’s comments, such as those undisciplined ruminations about Thornton and Marleau, were ill-advised and possibly even damaging. His defence of San Jose’s rebuild was merely unconvincing.

According to Pollak, Wilson was asked if he accepted any of the blame for the problems the team has had this season and if he would do things differently if he had the chance. Wilson responded by talking about the need for patience during a rebuild and s ...

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