The GMs' take

    Talked with co-GMs Les Jackson and Brett Hull today about the current state of this Stars team. Les said everyone is frustrated with the situation, considering the expectations. Hull was a bit more blunt:
    "Either they need to kick themselves in the (butt) or we're going to do it for them," he said. "What it is, you don't know, but something has to change."
    Hull said everyone will be sitting down tomorrow to start figuring out what needs to happen here. Well, he knows what needs to happen here: The players have to start playing the way he and Jackson knows they can.
    As far as the talk from Marty Turco and Mike Modano on Saturday night, both GMs were all for it.
    Jackson: "I don't blame them for what they say. If that's their true feelings, then that's good. You have to be accountable. Those guys are great team players, always have been, and I totally respect where they're coming from."
    Hull: "I don't care how they do it, because they need to be held accountable to each other. I've been on Mike for years to start getting vocal. It's your team, and if you want something changed, let it be known."

Comments

[hip czech]

Nice interview Ms.Myers.

Hull is a.........bozo? Incompetent? Moron? Clueless?

He condones airing dirty laundry?

He condones sending Neal down?

Neal was one of the more productive guys on a productive line. Brett - Neal will now equate working hard and doing well with being punished.... I feel sorry for your dogs. Hopefully you don't own any.

Brett, you should know that NHL players don't snipe at their own in the press. At least, they don't name names.

Dumb@ss? Dork? Stupid? Over his head? Clutching at straws?

Every time I think that this can't get worse....

[Tracey]

Hip,
I think it's fantastic.. We're talking about grown men here. Excuse me: Grown millionare players who should be held accountable, no matter if it's within their own walls or out in public. Is Mo or Turco or anyone else saying anything that's so surprising? Anything we didn't already know? They're men. Take it like them. And if you don't like it, then do something about it on the ice.
(By the way, why just calling out Hull when Jackson was OK with it, too?)
Now on the Neal front, I'm not a huge fan of him being sent down, either, but I don't foresee him staying down long, especially with the forwards continuing to be battered and bruised.