Listen, the way -- I won't even mention the name -- but the way he does his business is the polar opposite of the way I do things. I'm not going to sit on a soapbox, a grandstand, and announce any of my intentions. We like to keep our business in house, and whether it's talking to another manager... one of my players, one of my coaches, in my office, it stays within the four walls. That's just the way I am ... the way we operate.
Garth Snow, on Leafs Lunch Wednesday, expressing his admiration for the m.o. of Brian 'Bluster' Burke. The quote has been spliced quite a bit elsewhere, so I thought I'd post his (mostly) full answer here.
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