I just don't get the bashing of the west side.
I grew up in Paradise Valley, so I get it. I just don't understand why myths about the west side from the 1980s persist today.
The coyotes have numbers and demographics to look at.
You're disputing the demographics and numbers the Coyotes have?
Hell yes, I'm disputing the numbers and demos released by the Coyotes. Wouldn't you? I mean, given the character of the people who released them, and the context of their "performance" as the ownership group of the club? I wouldn't trust the Grift Circus of IceArizona to tell me the sun will rise tomorrow, man. The NHL and IA paraded a false dilemma fallacy out to the public because they wanted to divert attention from LeBlanc and pals' abject abdication of their responsibilities, demonize Glendale, and find some other Valley city to give them public money for a new barn.
The new Tempe arena - if it ever comes to pass - is going to be in a great location. There's no disputing that at all. It will be better than Glendale for the club. But it's not like the Coyotes are being promoted out of Dante's Hell to Paradise. The Arizonans who live closer to the Tempe arena site are in no way, shape, or form more passionate or, indeed, more likely to attend Coyotes games than in other parts of the metro area once the novelty factor wears off. You talk about numbers - well, you can look at the numbers from America West Arena before the Coyotes moved west to see how "strong" East Valley support was. And spare me the historical excuses - there are
always excuses.
Well, my friend, we have run clean out of excuses now. If the Tempe arena goes through, we will be left with absolutely
zero of the crutches we have all used to explain away why we can't fill our barn. We'll have the rich owner, we'll have the primo location, we'll have the dozens of draft picks, we'll have the hot prospects, and we'll have the good coach and GM. So my advice to all of you who feel like the team has moved up in class in every aspect of that phrase is this - sell out the goddamned arena every night from minute 1 in Tempe, and don't stop.