To reset, the comment was the Briere hiring, "can't be worse". My point is, it can. If you are an ex-flyer who does not follow orders, you get canned (Hexy). Since there is a long line of ex-flyers currently employed in the organization, it can be reasonably deduced those individuals do. That gives every reason to believe that Briere will be a "yes" man, or he will be looking for a job.
You're assumption is that he will be a good executive because he was a good player. Like others, maybe you are hoping he's our sakic/Yzerman. In all honesty, so do I. But history is not on his side. We have all seen this management group decimate this club, loping off the heads of coaches and GMs along the way. I think anything is better then Fletcher, but I have no reason to believe that this is the correct answer