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 FIRE GLEN SATHER Petition
Glen Sather became the President and GM of the New York Rangers in June 2000.
Sather came to NY promising to use the Rangers financial resources wisely to turn the Rangers into a competitive and contending team, while still restocking the organization's prospects.
Sather's Rangers have been at the top of the payroll lists every year, and, worse, have received nothing but early tee-times for their money.
www.petitiononline.com /fireglen/petition.html   (516 words)

  
 Edmonton Oilers Legends: Glen Sather
Everybody knows who Glen Sather is. He is the mastermind behind perhaps the greatest team in the history of the National Hockey League.
Sather played a second full season for the Bruins in 1968-69, scoring 4 goals and 11 assists before the Pittsburgh Penguins selected the winger in the Intra-League draft on June 11, 1969.
Sather remained with the Oilers until 1999 as he served most of the 90's decade strictly as general manager and president of the Oilers.
oilerslegends.blogspot.com /2006/11/glen-sather.html   (1295 words)

  
 Edmonton Oilers Legacy - Glen Sather
In light of his endless accolades, it is ironic that Sather was actually being used as a scapegoat when he was hired to coach the Oilers near the end of their 1976-77 season in the World Hockey Association (WHA).
Sather, the Oilers’ captain at the time, was suddenly made player/coach by general manager Bep Guidolin.
Although Sather was known as a hard-nosed player in the NHL and WHA, he is remembered most for his work behind the bench and in the front office as the Oilers’ general manager for 21 seasons.
www.oilersheritage.com /legacy/contributions_coaches_glensather.html   (478 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Hockey - GM Sather to coach Rangers - Friday January 31, 2003 02:25 AM
Glen Sather explains why he felt he was the best man to lead the Rangers.
Sather has a difficult coaching job ahead, and the Rangers might have to make good on his prediction and get to the playoffs to save his GM job.
Sather said he doesn't hold the position on an interim basis, and what happens beyond this season will be decided later.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /hockey/news/2003/01/30/sather_rangers_ap   (1188 words)

  
 Glen Sather
Sather added the title of General Manager on June 15, 1979, and was named the team's President prior to the 1982-83 season.
Sather's knowledge of the game, tactical negotiating strategies, strong developmental skills and the keen ability to get the best out of his players are keys to his managerial success.
After a season with the Central League's Memphis Wings, Sather was drafted from the Red Wings by the Boston Bruins in 1965, and would make his National Hockey League debut with the Bruins in the 1966-67 season.
www.thegarden.com /inandaroundgarden_GlenSather.html   (692 words)

  
 ESPN.com - NHL - Sather eyes Oilers-like success in N.Y.
Sather was introduced Thursday as the president and general manager of the New York Rangers, a far cry from the Canadian plains where he spent 24 years and won five Stanley Cups.
Sather, the Rangers' 10th general manager, replaces Neil Smith, who was fired along with coach John Muckler with four games left in the regular season -- New York's third straight campaign without a postseason appearance.
Sather, who played for the Rangers from 1970 though 1974, created a dynasty with Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier as the key cogs -- winning titles as coach in 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1988.
espn.go.com /nhl/news/2000/0531/559781.html   (920 words)

  
 Edmonton Oilers Legacy - Glen Sather - Page 2
Sather used Messier early in his career to set a precedent.
Sather also coached Team Canada on a couple of occasions, guiding his country to a Canada Cup championship in 1984.
Sather became the team’s coach after he unceremoniously fired Bryan Trottier during the 2002-03 season.
www.oilersheritage.com /legacy/contributions_coaches_glensather2.html   (434 words)

  
 NSHL - Glen Sather
Originally part of the Detroit Red Wings system, Sather was playing in the CHL for three seasons before the Boston Bruins finally gave him a shot in 1967-68.
Despite his strong season, Sather was once again on the move in the summer of 1974, this time to Montreal wehre he played one season.
Sather had to dismantle his own dynasty as the Edmonton Oilers simply couldn't afford to keep the team together.
www.nshl.com /hall/sather.html   (931 words)

  
 Glen Sather - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Glen "Slats" Sather (born September 2, 1943 in High River, Alberta, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey left winger in the World Hockey Association and National Hockey League and current General Manager of the New York Rangers of the NHL.
Sather now resides in Palm Springs, California in the off-season, but also has a home in Banff, Alberta.
Sather was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997, and as of January 2005 is currently the NHL's longest-tenured general manager.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glen_Sather   (551 words)

  
 Sather goin' fishin' in Florida
Sather, who fired Bryan Trottier on Wednesday, then named himself coach on Thursday, was sure to be met with a flurry of trade proposals from the league's other general managers.
Sather said recently that major deals could occur around the All-Star Game break because the league's general managers would be holding their semiannual meetings in South Florida early next week.
Sather is scheduled to return to New York on Monday for his first full practice as Rangers coach, so assistant general manager Don Maloney will fill in for him at the meetings.
archive.recordonline.com /archive/2003/02/01/rangrs.htm   (688 words)

  
 Sather ready to step down.... - Hockey Forums
Glen Sather is set to grant the Madison Square Garden faithful their wish.
Sather is expected to make the official announcement prior to practice on Wednesday.
Whoever replaces Sather behind the bench will be the fourth coach in as many years since he assumed the general manager's reigns in New York, which has seen six coaching changes since they last qualified for the playoffs in 1996-97.
www.hockeyforums.com /showthread.php?t=3877   (861 words)

  
 Sather will stay as Rangers coach
Sather's coaching search took him back to himself yesterday, when he announced he would keep both jobs next season.
Sather spoke to Kariya's agent and the rep for high-scoring Detroit forward Sergei Fedorov, who also is on the market.
Sather emphatically denied a report that the Rangers would waive Eric Lindros and exercise a $2.2 million buyout of his contract before a deadline last night.
archive.recordonline.com /archive/2003/07/02/sather.htm   (678 words)

  
 CBSNews.com: Print This Story
Today Glen Sather, the architect of that dynasty, replaced him as general manager of the Rangers.
Sather, who built the Oilers into five-time Stanley Cup champions between 1984-90, was introduced as the Rangers' president and GM at a morning news conference.
Sather, as coach and GM, used Gretzky and Mark Messier as the cornerstones for the Oilers during their championship run.
uttm.com /stories/2000/05/31/archive/printable201175.shtml   (790 words)

  
 Hockey Trade Rumors - Should Sather be IN or OUT?
Amcan writes "The current GM of the New York Rangers, Glen Sather has seemed to be under fire, not only by the Garden Faithful, with their "FIRE SATHER" chants not only at games, but charity events.
However, I think that Glen Sather is the right man for the job.
The only positive I am seeing in ridding Sather is an increased fan support of the faithful, but I don't see what is so bad at what he is doing.
www.hockeytraderumors.com /article4579.html   (427 words)

  
 Hockeybird.com: Fact or Fiction: Is Glen Sather an improvement over Neil Smith?
Glen Sather got a bunch of “his boys” — from the coaching staff to the captain to the seventh defenseman.
Sather relinquished much of that dead weight, but then brought in an overflow of “his” veterans to occupy the top spots.
On the strength of his style and philosophy, Glen Sather beats Neil Smith by a score of 53 to 45.
mt.hockeybird.com /archives/000785.html   (983 words)

  
 Glen Sather News
Glen Sather news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Sather has avoided being in Rexall Place since he left the Edmonton Oilers to run the New York Rangers.
Walking out of Air Canada Centre late Saturday night, Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather summed up his team's performance in the understatement of the week: 'Not pretty defensively.
www.topix.net /hockey-players/glen-sather   (649 words)

  
 Sather quits as Rangers coach - - MSNBC.com
Glen Sather, shown with center Mark Messier, left, and right winger Jed Ortmeyer, was 33-39-11-7 in 90 games as Rangers head coach.
Sather stepped down Wednesday as coach of the Rangers, staying on as president and general manager and signaling that more changes lie ahead as the March 9 trading deadline nears.
Sather coached Edmonton to four Stanley Cups in the 1980s, but hadn’t been behind the bench since 1994, when he completed his second stint with the Oilers.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4294297   (789 words)

  
 CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Columnists - Jones: Mark his words, Glen
And Sather, while he won't come right out and say he'll come, says it will be hard to say no if invited.
And Sather scheduled Messier's New York banner-raising with the Oilers in town for their game against the Rangers last year.
Sather, whom this columnist believes should have his own banner-raising in the building with GM instead of a 99 or 11 on the banner, said he's actually been back in the building he's avoided since leaving the Oilers.
slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Columnists/Jones/2006/12/07/2670368-sun.html   (700 words)

  
 GLEN SATHER STEPS DOWN AS RANGERS COACH. - tpwwforums.com
NEW YORK (AP) -- Glen Sather will step down as coach of the slumping New York Rangers just more than a week after saying he would remain behind the bench for the rest of the season, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
Sather met with team owner James Dolan on Tuesday and decided to relinquish his coaching responsibilities, but will remain the Rangers' president and GM, the newspaper said, citing unidentified sources.
When Sather said he'd remain the Rangers' coach on Feb. 17, he didn't rule out stepping down for a while to concentrate on his GM duties as the March 9 trade deadline approaches.
www.tpww.net /forums/showthread.php?t=6444   (650 words)

  
 NYFansOnly.com: Now, The Clock Is Ticking On Sather   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
With Glen Sather pulling the plug on Trottier’s winter of discontent just four months into his inaugural season behind the bench, one is left asking “Why”?
Sather was awestruck over the length and detail his new coach had gone into in responding to the questionnaire that was sent to all prospective candidates.
Articles in the local New York papers the morning after the axing assert unequivocally that Trottier was indeed a failure, and Sather made a solid move in dismissing him.
nyfansonly.scout.com /2/90799.html   (724 words)

  
 Dolan insists Sather right to lead Rangers - - MSNBC.com
Sather has hired three coaches since he arrived in 2000 from Edmonton, where he won five Stanley Cups as a coach and executive with the Oilers.
Sather remained behind the bench this season before stepping down when it became clear in February the Rangers would again not reach the postseason.
Dolan and Sather decided that in the best interest of the franchise, the Rangers had to trade off their assets and build for the future.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4642096   (690 words)

  
 Glen Sather to Assume Head Coaching Duties - hockeyfights.com forums
Sather, who was named the Rangers' 12th President and 10th General Manager on June 1, 2000, becomes the 31st head coach in franchise history.
Sather joined the Rangers following a 24-year career with the Edmonton Oilers, where he led the Oilers to five Stanley Cup Championships between 1984 and 1990.
Sather's management and coaching experience and success also carries over to the international arena.
www.hockeyfights.com /forums/showthread.php?t=11808   (850 words)

  
 Can a Small-Market Genius Save the Rangers? - By Bruce Headlam - Slate Magazine
The recent announcement that Glen Sather had accepted the position of general manager for the New York Rangers was greeted with the kind of euphoria usually reserved for the Stanley Cup or a bench-clearing brawl, neither of which have been seen in Madison Square Garden for some time.
There is another way to look at it: Sather is just the kind of general manager the Ranger organization doesn't need, and he's in for a very rough five years, if he lasts that long.
Sather complained about the financial restraints of Edmonton, but he has always disliked big contracts, not just because of the money, but because he believes that they ruin the player's incentive to perform.
www.slate.com /id/84443   (949 words)

  
 Phoenix rising
 Sather spit out the Phoenix thing in reaction to the latest round of "He's going to New York" stories, one of which alleged Oilers governor Jim Hole gave the Rangers permission to approach Sather weeks ago.
If Glen Sather is going to do something, he's not going to sneak around to do it.
 Sather, who would not confirm or deny whether he was in New York on the weekend, says he should not have to make any statements about anything.
slam.canoe.ca /HockeyPhoenixArchive/may18_pho.html   (630 words)

  
 Sportsnet.ca - Hockeycentral
Chris Simpson interviewed NY Rangers GM and president Glen Sather for the Oct. 19 edition of Hockeycentral.
During his reign in Alberta, Glen Sather was one of the most vocal opponents of the free-spending, deep-pocketed teams south of the border that were competing with his team, but, as he would tell you, hardly on the same playing field.
Since Sather's move to New York, he has quickly learned the rules of the game "New York style." Still, I have never been more shocked than when, during my interview, I asked Sather whether he felt he had become the kind of GM he used to criticize.
www2.sportsnet.ca /nhl/hockeycentral/features/simpson_sather.shtml   (483 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Renney to remain coach of New York Rangers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Sather, the president and general manager, lauded Renney for his "wealth of knowledge and a tremendous work ethic."
The Rangers went 27-40-7-8 under Sather and Renney last season — the fourth since Sather came to New York as GM.
Once Sather removed himself as coach, he traded away nine high-priced veterans in a rapid-fire series of deals in an attempt to dump salary and get younger.
www.usatoday.com /sports/hockey/nhl/rangers/2004-07-06-renney_x.htm?...   (619 words)

  
 American Hockey Fan: Glen Sather's off the wagon.
GLEN SATHER, GM of the New York Rangers approaches the podium, clears his throat and begins to speak.
GLEN SATHER: I Don't know how it started, I mean, I used to be with the Edmonton Oliers in the 1980's, and I mean- we just couldn't lose.Those players, that squad- they had to put it in their own net to lose cups.
SATHER IS IN FRONT OF THE TELEVISION, WATCHING A REPEATED LOOP OF ZDENO CHARA PULLING ON A BRUINS JERSEY.
americanhockeyfan.blogspot.com /2006/07/glen-sathers-off-wagon.html   (473 words)

  
 Montreal Canadiens, Dominic Moore, Glen Sather, Jamie Lundmark, National Hockey League, New York Rangers - CBS ...
MONTREAL -- Dominic Moore took Glen Sather's advice to heart and made his NHL debut a memorable one.
Moore had three assists one day after being recalled from Hartford of the AHL, and Jamie Lundmark and Martin Rucinsky each had a goal and an assist to lead the New York Rangers to a 5-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
Sather said to me before the game, `There's one rule: Have fun,"' Moore said of the Rangers coach and general manager.
cbs.sportsline.com /nhl/gamecenter/recap/NHL_20031101_NYR@MON   (931 words)

  
 Deep pockets, deeper trouble: the Rangers seemingly spend money and lose games proportionately. Can Glen Sather ...
Instead, the Rangers had to order the doctor when Holik reported to camp in what Sather says was disappointing physical condition, then suffered a groin problem that sidelined him for 18 games.
With the exception of Leetch, all those players were brought in or re-signed by Sather, who once waved Edmonton's small-market banner for fiscal sanity.
That must have been where Sather found a head coach, Bryan Trottier, who never had run a bench, who plays Messier more than 18 minutes a game, who leveled a withering public criticism of underachieving winger Radek Dvorak ("He's scared") and criticized Bure's defensive indifference when Bure was one of the team's few plus players.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_2_227/ai_96417455   (825 words)

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