Ownership Commitment to Winning

[coladin]

You had me up to when you said to get “Methot” back. Methot is just about done as a player.

More is required including a new owner with deep pockets, a new GM and management team, and a new experienced successful coaching staff.

Cunneyworth was just about done as well.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Ownership commitment to winning.

Step 1. Fire Dorion

 

[Countdown0]

Melnyk is about as committed to winning as cancer is to the body it develops in:

It sticks around, it wont leave willingly, it ruins the entire structure of everything around it and slowly kills off its host, and its only 'cured' by removing it directly or bombarding it with radiation/chemicals that annihilate its existence.

Now, I loathe Melnyk, but I don't wish harm on the guy, so the 'bombarding it with radiation/chemicals that annihilate its existence' options isn't the one. Dude needs to be surgically removed from the organisation. Unfortunately, the "doctors", (Bettman and the rest of the NHL brass and the other owners) are either unwilling or unable to remove him right now.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Didn't know where else to post this, but it gave me a hearty laugh.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Didn't know where else to post this, but it gave me a hearty laugh.

This says so much about Melnyk. What a egomaniac.

 

[Deku]

Didn't know where else to post this, but it gave me a hearty laugh.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Melnyk totally hired this guy to be his PR puppet, and it is backfiring gloriously.

Roszkowski obviously has no talent aside from being unabashedly loyal to his boss. A good PR person would be quick to realize praising the Euge in Ottawa is the least desirable approach to public relations.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Didn't know where else to post this, but it gave me a hearty laugh.

No thanks .. I pass on listening to another Sens windbag

 

[Mingus Dew]

Why is the COO the designated PR guy?

 

[Samsquanch]

No thanks .. I pass on listening to another Sens windbag

I heard him talking to Mendes today - trust me, your mental sanity will appreciate skipping this one.

He basically killed all of his credibility when he said that our ownership and management were here to stay 100% for sure, and that Eugene's ownership of the Sens over the last 15 years has been a tremendous success (I think I even heard tops in Canada or something to that effect).

Its f***ing terrifying how disconnected from reality this group is. He basically told us what we already know, we have to get over it and deal with it (or not).

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Why is the COO the designated PR guy?

Cheaper than also paying a CCO

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Didn't know where else to post this, but it gave me a hearty laugh.

The track record is what scares the shit out of all of us.

So glad I'm having a kid soon and can give up my strange addiction to paying attention to this f***ing pathetic organization.

You win Melnyk, but you winning means I disappear indefinitely, not that I buy back in.

 

[SensHulk]

The track record is what scares the **** out of all of us.

So glad I'm having a kid soon and can give up my strange addiction to paying attention to this ****ing pathetic organization.

You win Melnyk, but you winning means I disappear indefinitely, not that I buy back in.

Funny enough, I too was thinking now is the perfect time to have a kid since I won't be watching much sens for the next 2-3 years...I'm not entirely kidding here

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Didn't know where else to post this, but it gave me a hearty laugh.

I, for one, will take the word of a Biovail consultant. No reason not to.

 

[The Lewler]

Didn't know where else to post this, but it gave me a hearty laugh.

Ok this one is actually out of the Trump playbook. The only way to stay in his good graces is to get on TV and say stuff Eugene likes.

The only thing missing is phrasing like "some people say Melnyks ownership has been the best in Canada. Im not saying it, people have been saying it!"

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

 

[slamigo]

No thanks .. I pass on listening to another Sens windbag

Amazing. I had the exact same thought. Literally saw there was a clip and just thought “Nope.”

 

[slamigo]

And they claim there is no apathy but that is no longer the case. I know a lot of people that have given up. We even joke at the office that we can’t even talk about the Sens anymore because it’s so depressing. It’s about as popular a topic as asking people to discuss that time their favourite pet got hit by a car and didn’t die right away. Not exactly uplifting.
People are creatures of habit. Once you stop doing something for a while, you develop new patterns of behaviour and eventually forget all about the old ones. My kids don’t even want to go to games and we used to go a lot. This year we used our entertainment dollars to go to the Caribbean.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

This is true. Baby steps but steps nonetheless.

 

[Blotto71]

[MOD]

As for ownership's commitment to winning, I believe it - provided we're talking the Charlie Sheen definition.

 

[Rand0m]

And they claim there is no apathy but that is no longer the case. I know a lot of people that have given up. We even joke at the office that we can’t even talk about the Sens anymore because it’s so depressing. It’s about as popular a topic as asking people to discuss that time their favourite pet got hit by a car and didn’t die right away. Not exactly uplifting.
People are creatures of habit. Once you stop doing something for a while, you develop new patterns of behaviour and eventually forget all about the old ones. My kids don’t even want to go to games and we used to go a lot. This year we used our entertainment dollars to go to the Caribbean.

I WAS a really diehard Sens fan for at least 2 decades and in the past year and a half, Broke Melnyk and his antics has completely turned me off of watching the Sens. I haven’t watched a game since early January and barely paid attention when I did since the start of the season. One of the only reasons I still visit HFBoards is to watch the train wreck and new about a sale.

I’ve found other things to occupy my time with instead. If Melnyk sells within the next year I’ll most likely be back though, but not another $ to Broke Melnyk as long as he’s involved.

The more this drags on, I have a feeling this might just kill this franchise in this market, the team was relatively young and by losing so many fans at a key time in its short history, they may never be able to recover.

The worst part of all this is I don’t even really care anymore if they get moved. Nothing Broke Melnyk does can ever win me back unless it’s selling a majority / controlling interest in the team.

 

[Cosmix]

The team reps say fans should be patient, the team is vastly improved, and the team wants to create a climate of trust. They say this as fans have been patient only to see the best players traded away for players with future potential. The team has nose-dived to the bottom of the league, and thus is not “vastly improved”. Creating a climate of trust requires actions that improve the team on the ice, not make it a doormat.

This team is only good at one thing: BS !

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

This is true. Baby steps but steps nonetheless.

I don't think so. I think its pure talk to appease fans .. there is no moment of clarity.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Our rivals in Ontario have a GM who is promoting diversity in the workplace and building a stellar team. While we have the Bill O'Reilly loving, drunk a-hole, helping our team pick the next coach. My how times have changed.

 

[Liliaceae]

The worst part of all this is I don’t even really care anymore if they get moved. Nothing Broke Melnyk does can ever win me back unless it’s selling a majority / controlling interest in the team.

I feel the exact same way. If they get moved then so be it, at least the never-ending disappointment will stop.

There's no hope for the future. We have some very good young guys but they'll be shipped out when they need to get paid. What's the use of sticking around only to get disappointed.. again.. and again..and again ect ect. As long as EM is around this team there's no hope.

Spezza getting traded was the beginning of the end for me. Stone was the last straw.