CornKicker
Holland is wrong..except all of the good things
- Feb 18, 2005
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i think as a fan base we tell other fanbases that jersey throwing works 100% and then sit back and lol as the leaf fans just litter the ice with jerseys
I sure hope the Oilers weren't influenced by the people that threw jerseys on the ice or anything of that ilk. Basing your several hundred million dollar company's decisions on the tirades of a vocal group of half drunk random's does not exactly scream business sense.
I think there is a lot of hyperbole around here about what Oilers management did or did not do. Regardless of the results, the actions at the time more often than not were reasonable actions that should have seen different results. I hope they continue to ignore the fan base and make their decisions based on their collective objective knowledge.
In a word, YES.
It took we, the fans, a year of embarrassing this petty organization to finally....FINALLY!!!!.... decide it was time to join the modern business world and actually put people that have proven they can do the job in the most important positions.
All the negative press had an influence. Kevin Lowe was reportedly the guy that suggestd they go and get Chairelli. You think this happens if he wasn't digraced into it? Not a chance.