Confirmed with Link: Bill Armstrong is the new GM of the Coyotes

[SniperHF]

Was my feedback 20 years ago....

Two separate places would be great.

Well I wasn't making such calls THAT long ago but maybe 3 years ago or so we considered it.

I ended up on the against it side though.

It would be a dead board for months out of the year. Serious rumors of deals don't happen with enough frequency to sustain it. Only in the silly seasons like the TDL draft and free agency would it really be active.

The way it is now both crowds see both threads which increases posting. I suspect most of the serious interest only crowd isn't completely turned away cause while the trade board can be silly AF where else ya gonna go? Facebook? Reddit? All are sillier.

So what you'd have is two boards less active than before cumulatively instead of 1 really active but imperfect one.

At least that's my read. I'd say for every 1 serious thread the board is kept active by at LEAST 50 specluative ones.

 

[XX]

Well I wasn't making such calls THAT long ago but maybe 3 years ago or so we considered it.

I ended up on the against it side though.

It would be a dead board for months out of the year. Serious rumors of deals don't happen with enough frequency to sustain it. Only in the silly seasons like the TDL draft and free agency would it really be active.

The way it is now both crowds see both threads which increases posting. I suspect most of the serious interest only crowd isn't completely turned away cause while the trade board can be silly AF where else ya gonna go? Facebook? Reddit? All are sillier.

So what you'd have is two boards less active than before cumulatively instead of 1 really active but imperfect one.

At least that's my read. I'd say for every 1 serious thread the board is kept active by at LEAST 50 specluative ones.

I would just aggressively sticky the serious rumor threads/megathreads.

 

[TheLegend]

Another hire...

 

[XX]

Another hire...

Also worked with Jankowski in Buffalo.

 

[TheLegend]

Official release.

 

[_Del_]

Well I wasn't making such calls THAT long ago but maybe 3 years ago or so we considered it.

I ended up on the against it side though.

It would be a dead board for months out of the year. Serious rumors of deals don't happen with enough frequency to sustain it. Only in the silly seasons like the TDL draft and free agency would it really be active.

Maybe locked, sticky"news only"-threads for reports and rumours coming out reputable sources about a player or situation or even a team. On a hot topic like OEL- OEL-News Only where a mod posts reputable links

And then a concurrent thread down in the jungle where everyone can play fantasy GM about the OEL situation and bitch and moan much as it is now.

Then if someone wants to know "what's going on with the OEL thing anyway", they can just read the credible reports and news in the sticky and not try to sort through 60 pages of fan bullshit and back and forth trying to find something more concrete. Or if they want to bloviate, they can jump right into the "normal" OEL thread

 

[knich]

Official release.

What I fail to understand is how "The Coyote Insider" never breaks the news?

 

[_Del_]

What I fail to understand is how "The Coyote Insider" never breaks the news?

I think he mentioned it yesterday, actually

 

[TheLegend]

What I fail to understand is how "The Coyote Insider" never breaks the news?

 

[_Del_]

Calm down, Craig. Concentrate on trying to break something/anything about an actual story instead.

 

[TheLegend]

Calm down, Craig. Concentrate on trying to break something/anything about an actual story instead.

He’s always calm until someone hands him a hot dog with ketchup on it and an IPA to wash it down.

 

[rt]

Calm down, Craig. Concentrate on trying to break something/anything about an actual story instead.

I don't understand this comment? Craig mentioned this was happening over the weekend. Then it happened, so he referenced his article in an effort to up his subscribership. Seems normal and expected.

 

[TheLegend]

I don't understand this comment? Craig mentioned this was happening over the weekend. Then it happened, so he referenced his article in an effort to up his subscribership. Seems normal and expected.

It’s Del being Del.....

 

[_Del_]

I don't understand this comment? Craig mentioned this was happening over the weekend. Then it happened, so he referenced his article in an effort to up his subscribership. Seems normal and expected.

He did. I gave him credit for it earlier. Tweet just seemed needlessly self-congratulatory.

 

[rt]

He did. I gave him credit for it earlier. Tweet just seemed needlessly self-congratulatory.

It's not bragging, it's promoting. He's trying to stay afloat after losing his job.

 

[knich]

I take back my comment on Morgan...on this one. Let's hope though he breaks real news before the non-coyote insiders. So far his track record doesn't seem real good. For a while, I thought Elliot Friedman was coyotes insider lol.

 

[TheLegend]

I take back my comment on Morgan...on this one. Let's hope though he breaks real news before the non-coyote insiders. So far his track record doesn't seem real good. For a while, I thought Elliot Friedman was coyotes insider lol.

As I noted earlier... Friedman did beat Morgan on the Capo/Bush signing by 60 seconds.

Craig’s gotta up his damn game man.

 

[rt]

I’m not giving Craig $5/mo because he’s 1st on Twitter. I give him $5/mo because he’s the sole generator of worthwhile Coyotes content.

 

[Jormungandr]

As I noted earlier... Friedman did beat Morgan on the Capo/Bush signing by 60 seconds.

Craig’s gotta up his damn game man.

Friedman beats almost anyone because he’s Friedman.

 

[Jakey53]

I’m not giving Craig $5/mo because he’s 1st on Twitter. I give him $5/mo because he’s the sole generator of worthwhile Coyotes content.

Why pay him $5 when the free media gives us the same information, usually before Craig?

 

[TheLegend]

Why pay him $5 when the free media gives us the same information, usually before Craig?

Uh..... because your cheap maybe?

 

[RABBIT]

I f*** with Craig. He’s non-biased and has passion. I don’t care who’s first, I just wanna read about my team. He breaks administrative shit before anyone else, Friedman and friends will ALWAYS have the first scoop when it comes to the players.

 

[XX]

I f*** with Craig. He’s non-biased and has passion. I don’t care who’s first, I just wanna read about my team. He breaks administrative shit before anyone else, Friedman and friends will ALWAYS have the first scoop when it comes to the players.

Craig is very biased if you keep track of things. We should chip in for some flowers if Tocchet gets fired, as an example.

 

[RABBIT]

Craig is very biased if you keep track of things. We should chip in for some flowers if Tocchet gets fired, as an example.

I agree and disagree. He is clearly not a fan of the Coyotes. He is a fan of certain players and certain staff members. He loves Perlini and loved Tippett. I don’t get the sense he is as infatuated with Tocc, but he has a tendency of being a constant narcissist of the team he’s covering because it’s typically the path of least resistance. If your praise certain moves, you’re subject to backlash. If you’re negative about everything, you can chalk up the things you’re wrong about to being pleasantly surprised. Makes for easier journalism.

 

[Prarievarg]

Why pay him $5 when the free media gives us the same information, usually before Craig?

You get far more detail and insight from Craig than any other news outlet when it comes to Coyotes content. If you're a Coyotes fan you should subscribe imo, unless you're very poor or very cheap.

If Craig can make money on Coyotes Insider we've created a market for Coyotes content and maybe more and better insiders will emerge.