Yes, Dale Tallon is a good guy and the Hawks improved with him as the general manager. Should he have been demoted? I don't know, but I was more passionately against the decision to dismiss Denis Savard as head coach only four games into last season. I'm still not so sure the Hawks wouldn't have had just as good a season with Savard in charge as they did with Quenneville. But, of course, we'll never know. I do think the Hawks, and especially John McDonough, did a good job of downplaying the Tallon issue at their fan convention. It shouldn't be a distraction in what promises to be another exciting, successful season. Allowing the Tallon issue to fester wouldn't be a good thing.