DISQUS

Josh · 2 months ago

I'd add Warren Strelow as a builder, or at least an honorable mention.

chuqui · 2 months ago

Josh, you're correct. he should be on my list as an honorable mention.

chuqui · 2 months ago

For what it's worth, I was tempted to add a LOT of people to the list -- do you add Randy Hahn to the builders? Kevin Constantine? George Kingston? The organization is full of people who've done a lot over the years and I've gotten to know many to some degree or another, from Greg Jamison to Bob the lead usher to Mike our resident waitron, and it's an amazing group of really nice, hard working people. My general view of a Hall of Fame is that it should have a fairly small membership to avoid watering down the recognition, but it was tough.

I left Greg Jamison off -- but I think at some point his name would get added to this list. His job isn't done yet, and if you ask him, I'd expect he'd say that. I put Wilson's on not only for his work as GM, but for his work as a player and ambassador early on (and as an injured player working in the community).

We worked for Constantine's coaching clinic company for a while and dealt with him a little, and he's another nice guy (really intense guy... I don't think he had an off button back then) -- but of the coaches in the Sharks past, which ones were the ones that built the foundation for today's success? If you include Constantine, how could you exclude Sutter? If you exclude Sutter, how can you include Kingston? Honestly, I considered putting all three in as honorable mentions, but at what point are you just listing everyone who worked for the team? But the thought was there. for the record, I felt no guilt at all in excluding Al Sims from this list.

And then there's Drew. Drew is doing some great things in teaching hockey to the fan base and entertaining us during broadcasts, and he has his history coaching during the early days -- and if he keeps it up and stays interesting and -- well, stays Drew -- for some more years and doesn't run back to canada and CBC, then I'd add him to this list, too. but his job's not done yet, either. (Randy Hahn, whenever he decides to retire, goes in as well, but I expect he'll stick around for a while. Dan, however, could retire tomorrow and he's in...)

Jeff · 2 months ago

what about cheecho as at least an honorable mention? he was a fan favorite. he won a trophy too if i remember correctly. i remember me and some friends would always scream CHEECHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! when he scored. lol.

and you should throw staubby a bone for DESTROYING tootoo last year!