PainForShane
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I agree, but I don't blame AM, at all. He came into a tough spot and did everything right and the organization as a whole was moving in the right direction. Then TED happened. Sure you can blame AM for that, but the NHL knew it could fail because of previous outcomes in other cities. IF TED had succeeded I would venture to guess you and others would be praising AM and the organization. I think the NHL started to realize that the Coyote's could very well be a playoff team as early as next year and did not in no circumstances want a NHL playoff game at the Mullet. There is a long list of people to blame over the years but AM would be at the bottom of my list.
Jakey, lets be fair here.
If TED had succeeded (and the arena built on time or close to it), ABSOLUTELY I would be praising AM and the organization. But, he completely messed up what I would consider a shoe-in campaign and he was also massively outspent, which to me is inexcusable. He should have spent 10s of millions of dollars on the campaign at least, it was the most important thing he needed to accomplish during his tenure as the Yotes owner.
So that's why I blame AM. From the outside anyway, he and his family seem completely incompetent.
Imo if he were a little bit competent then the TED would've passed, the team would be in Tempe for the long term, and yes, I'd be praising him. But none of that happened, so here we are