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| 22nd January, 2008 - 11:50 am |  RealGM Staff Report - The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Tuesday that John Ferguson?s contract as vice president and general manager, which expires June 30, 2008, will not be extended. As a result, he has been relieved of his duties effective immediately. Cliff Fletcher, who served with the Leafs as team president, chief operating officer and general manager between 1991 and 1997, has been appointed to serve as interim general manager.
?After full consideration of the Leafs? situation, it has become clear that change and a new direction is needed. The decision has been made that John will not be receiving a new contract at the end of this year, and it?s in the best interests of the Leafs and of John to begin the transition immediately,? said Richard Peddie, president and chief executive officer of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. ?John has been given the opportunity and the resources he requested to deliver results from the strategic plans that he put in place when he was named general manager in 2003, and while the new collective bargaining agreement required some re-shaping of those plans, the results have fallen short of what our organization, including John, and our fans expect.
?We will always be grateful to John for his passion, dedication and commitment to putting a winning team on the ice. He?s a man of the highest integrity, who withstood often unfair public criticism with dignity and class. He represented our organization and our community in a first class manner. We wish him well in what we expect will be a long and productive hockey career.? [READ] |
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