News Article: Athletic "Dysfunction In The Desert" Story

[Grimes]

Questioning the Coyotes financial tactics during a pandemic while her company, The Athletic, fired every Arizona writer seems a bit hypocritical.

Ha! Good point.

I was trying to remember but I thought there was another organization that immediately let go of arena staff and sales when the season got shut down. I wanted to say it was Boston, but now that I think about it I believe they were the last to do so (or they kept everyone on).

 

[Sm00chy]

IMO if you are going to write a hit piece on an organization for sexual harassment, financial concerns, etc. you should be citing specific evidence. This just all seems like a stretch to me.

 

[technoviking]

Could be, or Sully was blamed and terminated for that.

 

[rt]

We have learned that the Meruelo group is different from other owners and that they’re bad, according to Strang. And that’s fine. But I want to know if they’re WORSE than the other owners. You can be different and bad without being worse.

 

[Mosby]

Lol at the mainboarders calling for Army's firing.

Cesspool.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Still working my way through the article but a couple thoughts.

Almost feels like she went into this to write an article about the Miller selection, or investigation into why Steve Sullivan was let go, had a bad interaction with BA because she was potentially looking into a touchy subject, and decided to go into the ownership group. I just don't know how an article that tries to cover 15 different topics was developed otherwise.

Staff having issues with a change of management style very much feels like someone working for a state entity, such as a university, changing jobs and working for a corporate entity, such as moving into an EdTech firm. All of a sudden your job will always be on the line. You have to think about how you present yourself in public while talking about your company. You are working for an entity that is actively trying to make a profit or it will fold, rather than one that is held up by the state (or in the Yotes case the NHL). It must have been a huge culture shift.

That article took weeks and weeks to write, it's very in-depth.

Sullivan just happened, it was a gift-with-purchase from the front office to show more dysfunction. It's obvious to most people the team is a disaster, why wouldn't there be an in-depth story as to how bad it is?

 

[_Del_]

Thanks for stopping by, Katie!

 

[moosemeister]

That article took weeks and weeks to write, it's very in-depth.

Sullivan just happened, it was a gift-with-purchase from the front office to show more dysfunction. It's obvious to most people the team is a disaster, why wouldn't there be an in-depth story as to how bad it is?

Okay Katie

 

[The Feckless Puck]

It's obvious to most people the team is a disaster, why wouldn't there be an in-depth story as to how bad it is?

There's your blinder, friend.

It appears that if it serves a predetermined narrative, everything else is negotiable.

There are some very practical concerns about the construction and framing of this article in this thread, but I'm guessing that isn't important to you because "LAWLZ YOU'RE A BUNCH OF HOMER FANS ANYWAY" or something, right?

 

[_Del_]

Hockey dies in darkness!

Thank you to all the true heroes doing the Lord's work to save us from... General Managers who don't appreciate reporters or unsourced leaks... And sexists... And cheap skate billionaires... And whatever other unsourced accusation we can levy.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

the "this reporter" bit reminded me of (and I had to look this up) Paige Sinclair, the pig-woman reporter from the last season of Bojack Horseman, who spoke like a movie character straight from the 1940s.

 

[technoviking]

That article took weeks and weeks to write, it's very in-depth.

Sullivan just happened, it was a gift-with-purchase from the front office to show more dysfunction. It's obvious to most people the team is a disaster, why wouldn't there be an in-depth story as to how bad it is?

didn’t know you were part of the creative process, big ups to you bud

 

[MIGs Dog]

IMO if you are going to write a hit piece on an organization for sexual harassment, financial concerns, etc. you should be citing specific evidence. This just all seems like a stretch to me.

I haven't read the piece. I know the sources are probably anonymous, but does she cite any physical evidence like financial records or legal briefs? I read some fine financial pubs like the Wall Street Journal, and they frequently cite documents that they were able to review. A credible news org knows they'll get their ass sued off if they can't back up their claims.

 

[technoviking]

I haven't read the piece. I know the sources are probably anonymous, but does she cite any physical evidence like financial records or legal briefs? I read some fine financial pubs like the Wall Street Journal, and they frequently cite documents that they were able to review. A credible news org knows they'll get their ass sued off if they can't back up their claims.

yes, there’s that fine bit of public record pointing to XG’s house being worth 3.5 million

 

[MIGs Dog]

It's obvious to most people the team is a disaster

No, no it's not obvious. Compared to past owners it looks like how I imagine heaven will be.

 

[MIGs Dog]

yes, there’s that fine bit of public record pointing to XG’s house being worth 3.5 million

Which of course is pointless. His house could be worth $3.5 BILLION...it's irrelevant.

 

[technoviking]

Which of course is pointless. His house could be worth $3.5 BILLION...it's irrelevant.

She’s painting a picture, she nailed the square footage as well

 

[SniperHF]

These come out literally every time there's any good feeling around here at all

I'm not terribly impressed, we've had a better class of knife wielders out for us than this.

Meh. A lot of people on the main boards will still be upset when the Coyotes are still in AZ years down the road.

Well we're only on year 11!

What's another 20 or 30.

 

[Grimes]

I haven't read the piece. I know the sources are probably anonymous, but does she cite any physical evidence like financial records or legal briefs? I read some fine financial pubs like the Wall Street Journal, and they frequently cite documents that they were able to review. A credible news org knows they'll get their ass sued off if they can't back up their claims.

No citations in the entire piece.

I'd like the time this article has distracted me today back.

 

[Tom Polakis]

That article took weeks and weeks to write, it's very in-depth.

Sullivan just happened, it was a gift-with-purchase from the front office to show more dysfunction. It's obvious to most people the team is a disaster, why wouldn't there be an in-depth story as to how bad it is?

I have written a number of stories for a couple specialty hobby magazines. If there's one thing that nobody in the editorial staff ever cares about, it's how long it took me to write a story.

 

[Grimes]

That article took weeks and weeks to write, it's very in-depth.

Sullivan just happened, it was a gift-with-purchase from the front office to show more dysfunction. It's obvious to most people the team is a disaster, why wouldn't there be an in-depth story as to how bad it is?

Miller situation happened back in October. I was using examples. Calm down Katie

 

[_Del_]

No citations in the entire piece.

I'd like the time this article has distracted me today back.

Today I learned that hockey teams are among the many businesses trying to cut costs and renegotiate bad contracts amid an economic crises caused by the government, General Managers don't like leaks, a male made an advance on someone in a business environment, and that nepotism is present in prosports. As Remo noted earlier, this is really surprising stuff!

 

[Mosby]

Bill Armstrong didn't come all the way to the desert to tolerate loose lips.

 

[moosemeister]

I f***ing love you guys.

we all don’t agree on everything involving our beloved Coyotes, but when it comes to the negative off ice shit, we come together as an absolute unit.

 

[Grimes]

None of the big hockey names have mentioned the article. Pronman retweeted it but he mostly works for the Athletic. Hoping 31 Thoughts discusses it but this is one of those situations where no news is good news. We'll see if it picks up steam.