More from Portland. . . .

So . . . you are part of a small group that owns a hockey team that already employs a general manager. . . . But you are going to retool your organization. At least, that’s what you are telling everyone. . . . You are under pressure from the league in which you play to replace the director of hockey operations and that happens to be, uhh, yourself. . . . Apparently, you have decided to start the reconstruction of your organization in the general manager’s office. . . . The first part of the plan, it seems, is to reassign the present general manager and bring in a new one. . . . Which is all fine and good. Hey, it's your team. . . . But, gee, don’t you talk to the present GM about your plans to shuffle the deck chairs before talking to the media about it? . . . There’s a story in today’s Portland Tribune, written by Jason Vondersmith, with ownership spelling out the future, a future that seems to include less of Ken Hodge, the team's long-time GM. . . . Except that – you guess it! – it doesn’t seem that anyone has seen fit to discuss the plan with Hodge. . . . That story is right here. . . . And if you're like me you're thinking things are going to get worse in Portland before they get any better . . .