Brett Hull, glorified intern with a cool title
/Andrew's Dallas Stars Page
That’s how Hull describes himself in an interview with Sportsnet’s Mark Spector, who was in town recently working up a story on the Stars and their struggles this season and the Sean Avery debacle for a new publication called Sportsnet.caPlus. Here’s an excerpt although it is a little dated since the Stars have moved from 15th to 14 place since the article went to press:
“I’m a glorified intern. With a cool title.” — Brett Hull
The Stars are in last place in the Western Conference — have been since Dec. 7 — the Avery situation is still on full boil and Hull is not having much fun in his first full year as a cogeneral manager. If the pertinent Dallas Stars question is: Is it possible for one man to drag a team down as far as the Stanley Cup semifinalists- to-last-place Stars have plummeted this season? Then the answer is going to have to be a question as well.
“Are you talking about Sean Avery? Or Brett Hull?”
Hull, who scored the triple-overtime goal that secured Dallas’ only Stanley Cup back in 1999, was brought on by Hicks last season as a co-GM alongside veteran front-office man Les Jackson. The title suggests equal billing, but in light of the Avery fiasco, Hull is ready to come clean.
“Look, I am a glorified intern,” he repeats. “Les is the GM and he’s teaching me stuff all the time. We work together, we make decisions together, but Les is in charge.”
The Avery situation has blown up precisely as the Stars’ best three players — captain Brendan Morrow, defenceman Sergei Zubov and winger Jere Lehtinen — have been cemented on the injured list. The Stars have found a black hole this fall, and with each twist of the Avery saga their franchiseworst moments play out high on the ESPN Sports Center lineup, airtime that NHL teams usually can’t get even with a mask and a gun.
You can read the full article here. Note: It is a .pdf file.
