Jim Rutherford wasn't a popular figure when the Pittsburgh Penguins tabbed him as the organization's new general manager back in June.
It didn't take long for pundits from around the league to spread the hate. Within 24 hours of the move, various analysts shared their views on why the ex-Carolina Hurricanes GM wasn't going to pan out in Steel City.
Bleacher Report's Adrian Dater called the hiring "the wrong move." Over at Deadspin, Ryan Lambert wrote that "Rutherford wasn't a sexy pick, or even one that was much talked-about, and the reason for that is that he probably isn't a very good one..."
Greg Wyshynski piled it on for Yahoo! Sports, writing: "Were the alternative not hiring a television star, this move by the Penguins might have come off as the most crazy-pants managerial decision we've seen in recent memory, in the sense that it bucks several conventions of how teams appoint general managers."
Sean Gentille of The Sporting News wasn't impressed either: "Rutherford is a fairly safe, uninspiring choice — at least initially. That's no real knock ...
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