I imagine a narrative will come out tomorrow, and then, in months or years, the truth. The issues that slowed the Coyotes down were initially financial and started when they traded Janney for no discernable reason. The salaries for players shot up without a cap. That is why he initially sold the Coyotes. We traded Selane for the same reasons prior to the team coming here. While we played at AWA, we were a team with a few bright stars and a lot of roleplayers. Scottsdale was the right place to build an arena, and the team did the legwork and won several elections but ran into a no-growth city council. I hope they enjoy the wallmart that replaced it. Then, the Glendale ED was a great idea. Still, with perfect Coyote luck, real estate crashed right as the arena was finished, and Westgate, as lovely as it is (really a great arena), didn't get the high-end condos, retail, and restaurants that would have allowed them to compete with the east valley. It still may not have worked, but there was a chance it would have had it all been bundled together. More uncertainty, bad owners, worse owners, speculative owners, the BK crappy teams with no scouting, and then the final coffin nails the 202 loop construction. My commute from downtown PHX went to 90 minutes a game. I do not defend Murelo, and I really hope he takes the money and invalidates the 5-year-hold so someone else can take the team forward, but if he does make it happen, I have to give him credit and at least be open to another chance. I hope he will be smart enough to run the real estate and hire Shane Doan as team president, giving him a budget and staying away until the team gets firmly reestablished.