Campbell Takes A Pass

According to reports from both TSN and the Inquirer, Colin Campbell has turned down Ed Snider's offer to be general manager of the Flyers. There It Is take: On the whole, I'm not surprised. Campbell has a good gig in the NHL front office and figures to move up the chain of command whenever Commissioner Gary Bettman hands the reins over to deputy Bill Daly. That being said, I'm a little disappointed, though not overly so. I like that Snider is going after someone -- especially someone not from the Flyers organization -- and not sitting back to let interim GM Paul Holmgren, who may or may not have been the one actually responsible for the current state of the team, have a chance to make over the team, though Campbell's name isn't really one that wowed me. The best thing right now would be for Snider to keep the ball rolling. He has two things working against his team now -- the first being that Holmgren has to know now that he has no shot at keeping this job. The second is how well will the person eventually hired perform know he wasn't Snider's first choice? Acting quickly and decisively is in everyone's best interest.