it was reported that Molson didn’t allow him; back when he was trying to get a new contract, MB had asked Molson to sign him and let him do a real rebuild.
Molson had wanted to renew MB earlier in the season but when this came up it was reported that Molson said he was thinking about just to not bring back MB.
Through out MB’s tenure he was asked to “make the playoffs and see what can happen” and he did this with his retools. It was not just MB, but Molson’s and the board’s directive too.