[CarlaMuller]

Originally Posted by khanon81

if there was decent media coverage, the team would be pressured into rebuilding properly...

And other than talking smack, what exactly is rebuilding properly? Oh and by the way, if you were to compare the players in Manchester brought by Taylor and brought by Lombardi, you would see that Lombardi is in fact building a bigger team.

Here is a prior blog of mine where I listed the specfics:

HockeyBuzz.com - Carla Muller - Lombardi’s Report Card

Lombardi

1. Kevin Westgarth 6’4” 235 lbs. 23 Forward
2. Teddy Purcell 6’3” 195 lbs. 23 Forward
3. Joe Piskula 6’3” 214 lbs. 23 Defenseman
4. Scott Parse 6’1” 185 lbs. 22 Forward
Signed by Hextall 7-1-07
5. Troy Milam 6’0” 188 lbs. 27 Defenseman
Re-signed by Hextall 8-10-07
6. David Meckler 6’0” 184 lbs. 20 Center
7. Trevor Lewis 6’1” 192 lbs. 20 Center
8. Jon Klemm (C) 6’2” 205 lbs. 37 Defenseman
9. Gabe Gauthier 5’9” 193 lbs. 23 Center
10. Erik Ersberg 5’11” 182 lbs. 25 Goaltender
11. Vladimir Dravecky 5’10” 185 lbs. 22 Forward
12. Paul Crosty 6’2” 220 lbs. 25 Forward
13. Dan Cloutier 6’1” 185 lbs. 31 Goaltender
14. Marc-Andre Cliché 6’1” 185 lbs. 20 Forward
15. Drew Bagnall 6’3” 215 lbs. 24 Defenseman

Taylor

1. Lauri Tukonen 6’2” 198 lbs. 21 Right Winger
2. Matt Ryan 5’11” 182 lbs. 24 Center
3. Jonathon Quick 6’1” 200 lbs. 21 Goaltender
4. Richard Petiot 6’3” 200 lbs. 25 Defenseman
5. Scott Parse 6’1” 185 lbs. 22 Forward
Drafted 6th round 2004
6. Brady Murray 5’10” 185 lbs. 23 Winger
7. Troy Milam 6’0” 188 lbs. 27 Defenseman
Signed by Taylor 9-08-04 left for other AHL clubs
8. Petr Kanko 5’10” 190 lbs. 23 Left Winger
9. Peter Harrold 5’11” 190 lbs. 24 Defenseman
10. Jeff Guilano 5’9” 205 lbs. 28 Left Winger
11. Brian Boyle 6’7” 250 lbs. 22 Defenseman

Next time you decide to talk trash, it would help if you could back it up.