sparkychewbarky
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- Jan 27, 2012
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A while ago, to preserve some sense of blue and white pride, I separated Leafs ownership from 'the team'.
For the sake of my own Leaf-sanity, I see them now as two separate entities.
So, I LOVE my Leafs, while at the same time, I DESPISE Leafs' post-1967 ownership for what they've done to this historic franchise.
It hurts me to see how MLS&E has turned the once proud and mighty Maple Leafs into an on-going joke.
MLS&E has grossly mismanaged our loyalty, and has financed its empire on the backs of our hockey passion.
I'm all for business profiting while delivering a good product or service, but the fatcats at MLS&E have failed to deliver what their fans deserve...
A consistently winning hockey team.
They've prospered because they have the NHL*monopoly in the world's largest hockey market,
and they've ridden the coat-tails of a glorious past that they've had absolutely nothing to do with.
I've even wondered at times, if the Leafs' playoffs absence was entirely a bad thing for MLS&E.
It allowed for the Toronto spotlight to be focused entirely on their up-and-coming Raptors brand.
...A bit of a conflict of interest, IMO.
This "new" logo is a nice vintage logo.
Nothing more-nothing less.
For me, it's just another example of this ownership's habit of reaching into a long-gone glorious past, whenever it needs a feel-good moment,
because, heaven knows, they've created very few F.G.M.'s over the past 50 years.
(Hey...MLS&E! Here's a novel idea!...How about creating some NEW feel-good success for us fans?!)
This*utilization of an old logo is like trotting-out poor old Johnny Bower for the umpteenth time.
I have my ear pretty close to the ground when it comes to all things hockey,
and I've heard no hue and cry for the abolition of the current logo.
In fact, for many Leafs' fans, the block-leaf logo has been the mark of many of their childhood hockey heroes...
Sittler, McDonald, Salming, Clark, Gilmore, Sundin, Motor City Smitty...
She (the block-Leaf logo) has been with us through the darkest times, and it's no fault of her own that she doesn't have more success associated with her angular shape.
I think that she, at least, deserves a Stanley Cup ring before we ditch her like an old girlfriend for something new (something old? I don't know. I'm confused.)
This bally-hoo over a new logo was much to do about nothing. It's not new.
We've seen this logo before and just recently, on the Leafs' 1998-2011 Alternative uniforms.
This newest version only differs by having the right amount of veins. (that's so lame)
At least Ballard's group had the balls to come up with something progressive.
For those of you who LOVE this "new" logo, MLS&E apparently already has stuff out there for you to buy.
So, open up you wallets and fill yer drawers!
Poor old MLS&E could really use some more of your hard-earned Leafs' money to help fund their new roof-canopy, on their BMO field for their soccer team!
Giddy-up!!
Hey, maybe the Leafs' fans should counter this 100th anniversary fluff with their own..."50th Anniversary of Futility" logo...
For the sake of my own Leaf-sanity, I see them now as two separate entities.
So, I LOVE my Leafs, while at the same time, I DESPISE Leafs' post-1967 ownership for what they've done to this historic franchise.
It hurts me to see how MLS&E has turned the once proud and mighty Maple Leafs into an on-going joke.
MLS&E has grossly mismanaged our loyalty, and has financed its empire on the backs of our hockey passion.
I'm all for business profiting while delivering a good product or service, but the fatcats at MLS&E have failed to deliver what their fans deserve...
A consistently winning hockey team.
They've prospered because they have the NHL*monopoly in the world's largest hockey market,
and they've ridden the coat-tails of a glorious past that they've had absolutely nothing to do with.
I've even wondered at times, if the Leafs' playoffs absence was entirely a bad thing for MLS&E.
It allowed for the Toronto spotlight to be focused entirely on their up-and-coming Raptors brand.
...A bit of a conflict of interest, IMO.
This "new" logo is a nice vintage logo.
Nothing more-nothing less.
For me, it's just another example of this ownership's habit of reaching into a long-gone glorious past, whenever it needs a feel-good moment,
because, heaven knows, they've created very few F.G.M.'s over the past 50 years.
(Hey...MLS&E! Here's a novel idea!...How about creating some NEW feel-good success for us fans?!)
This*utilization of an old logo is like trotting-out poor old Johnny Bower for the umpteenth time.
I have my ear pretty close to the ground when it comes to all things hockey,
and I've heard no hue and cry for the abolition of the current logo.
In fact, for many Leafs' fans, the block-leaf logo has been the mark of many of their childhood hockey heroes...
Sittler, McDonald, Salming, Clark, Gilmore, Sundin, Motor City Smitty...
She (the block-Leaf logo) has been with us through the darkest times, and it's no fault of her own that she doesn't have more success associated with her angular shape.
I think that she, at least, deserves a Stanley Cup ring before we ditch her like an old girlfriend for something new (something old? I don't know. I'm confused.)
This bally-hoo over a new logo was much to do about nothing. It's not new.
We've seen this logo before and just recently, on the Leafs' 1998-2011 Alternative uniforms.
This newest version only differs by having the right amount of veins. (that's so lame)
At least Ballard's group had the balls to come up with something progressive.
For those of you who LOVE this "new" logo, MLS&E apparently already has stuff out there for you to buy.
So, open up you wallets and fill yer drawers!
Poor old MLS&E could really use some more of your hard-earned Leafs' money to help fund their new roof-canopy, on their BMO field for their soccer team!
Giddy-up!!
Hey, maybe the Leafs' fans should counter this 100th anniversary fluff with their own..."50th Anniversary of Futility" logo...
it's probably gonna be seen when Matthews throws it on.
