The new Trail Blazers boss was named the worst boss of the NHL in TA s agent survey. He over-interferes with the team

August 14th NHL Hurricanes owner Tom Dungton acquires the Trail Blazers with a valuation of more than 4 billion yuan. In February this year, The Athletic conducted an anonymous investigation of 19 NHL agents, among which Dungton was selected as the worst boss. The original text is as follows.

Who is the worst boss?

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Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dunton is far ahead in this category - considering that the team he is in charge has achieved relatively good results on the field, this result may surprise many people a little.

It can be clearly seen from the evaluations of all brokers that this has nothing to do with any specific business decisions or issues in capital investment (you should know that when we conduct similar surveys in 2022, this kind of view on business decisions and capital investment is more common). More controversy focused on Dunton's communication style and leadership style, and several agents said that his intervention in team affairs was really too high.

"I don't know where he got his time and energy. He is simply the de facto general manager," said an agent. "Many people in our field hate Dunton's practice of excessive intervention. He is basically like a manager, and he is very independent and does not shy away from expressing his ideas to us privately." Another added: "His general manager and assistant general manager... he has to ask for his consent when doing anything."

Several agents mentioned that the boss's excessive intervention is affecting the team's culture. "There are many smart people in their team, but even if you don't work there and just have a contact, you can feel their team culture. It's really not very good." One agent joked: "Dunton's 'blasting' other competitors in this regard, and the worst thing is that he may be proud of it." "The boss of the team controls everything in every detail is too unreasonable," said an agent.