Pierre from Orleans
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If true why would he hire a COO?
If this rumour turns out to be true, I’m re-upping the moment Melnyk is no longer in the picture. I’d even settle for minority stakeholder.I disagree. There was a deadline on season ticket renewals (late April I think??) . That's why they invited all season ticket holders. Because thousands of people were threatening to cancel, so they did the town halls to prevent that from happening. They even had Chris Neil and Chris Phillips calling STH's to convince them not to cancel. I have no idea how well it all worked though.
But then again you're right in the sense that they could have just re-renewed after the sale.
Hope these rumours are true!
If this rumour turns out to be true, I’m re-upping the moment Melnyk is no longer in the picture. I’d even settle for minority stakeholder.
That would make the town halls extremely pointless
If something sounds too good to be true, then it probably isn't.
A lot of grass is being thrown on this rumour fire that adds smoke but not a lot of heat. I would love a rich new ownership take over, but if this doesn't pan out, then this forum will be a pretty depressing place this summer (more so than usual). Please contain your enthusiasm until verifiable facts are known.
If true why would he hire a COO?
I understand. The alternative to clinging on to this faint ray of hope is to realize that EM will continue to destroy the team and further alienate the fans for the unforeseeable future. Option #1 is definitely more appealing.I'll let my enthusiasm inflate with the hot, grass-fire smoke plume, thank you very much.
Sure but if the rumors are true whats the point of hiring one? Let the new owners do it.Well... I mean, it's not like the team doesn't need one.
Sure but if the rumors are true whats the point of hiring one? Let the new owners do it.
The number of STH is added value in a sale price, you also always continue to run a business as though it will continue operating the same until the papers are signed.That would make the town halls extremely pointless
Oh geez, maybe because they have some kind of scandal brewing with one of their managers that could date back decades and will need a PR wizard to smooth it over?If true why would he hire a COO?
he was hired before he was chargedOh geez, maybe because they have some kind of scandal brewing with one of their managers that could date back decades and will need a PR wizard to smooth it over?
The incident took place on Wednesday and Ruzskowski was hired on Thursday. Lee was arrested Thursday night, just sayin' it was pretty interesting timing.he was hired before he was charged
Okay so why would he need to hire a COO though? PR for what? Why not just suspend Lee indefinitely or release him? What does it matter to Melnyk IF he's selling anyways?The incident took place on Wednesday and Ruzskowski was hired on Thursday. Lee was arrested Thursday night, just sayin' it was pretty interesting timing.
Okay so why would he need to hire a COO though? PR for what? Why not just suspend Lee indefinitely or release him? What does it matter to Melnyk IF he's selling anyways?
Okay so why would he need to hire a COO though? PR for what? Why not just suspend Lee indefinitely or release him? What does it matter to Melnyk IF he's selling anyways?
You ever wonder why?Okay so why would he need to hire a COO though? PR for what? Why not just suspend Lee indefinitely or release him? What does it matter to Melnyk IF he's selling anyways?
The new downtown stadium will certainly help.A Karlsson distraction, heh, could they be that machiavellian? Perhaps.
I suppose it has been conventional wisdom for a while ( Melnyks claims that he wishes to pass on the money losing franchise to his daughters notwithstanding) that Melnyk has been awaiting the right time to max out and sell. His continued ownership is sending values down, so perhaps this is a wise moment. Which can also help make rumours more believable. So we dare to hope.
We do have a real issue though that until this team has at least 13,000 seasons tickets sold, we are going be a revenue challenged team that accumulates debt.
New billionaire owners may make marketing investments for increasing value as Melnyk did at first with the Eagles concert and the spending basically over the cap for many years, but in the end, all of them will surely want any team debt to be the responsibility of team revenues and will surely further leverage the team for their benefit. Regardless how rich they are, its not likely they are going to be stroking cheques every year to cover losses unless that is a good business decision. The Sens franchise will live and die with its revenues. Lets hope the growth the city is undergoing and some wise new ownership helps achieve that over the medium term.