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K1984

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Did Morris said the dirty word "Es...mos.. several times? :laugh:

Wonder when Morris mentioned turnover, etc, made RL squirm a bit, since he's been part of the problem for a number of years during the darkness and bad hires. Hopefully when he goes on his travels he finds a nice place somewhere to settle down and stays there.:D

I'm glad they are going to consider other candidates for the GM and coaching positions other than Simon and JJ and his group.

Sure hope this works out.

If they went back to "Eskimos" or simply dumped "Elks" for Esks/Eskies/Empire/EE/Whatever, the tone and authority that he had in his opening press conference is the exact same tact he'll have to take publicly with the change. He might be the perfect guy to be the face of it if the organization went that way.

"We're changing the name to X, it's what we want, it's what our fans want, and that's what we're going to do. It isn't racist, it's never been racist, and we'll have to simply agree to disagree with those that have convinced themselves it is. Not interested in debating it, if you don't like it then you'll have to live with it."

A soft approach that considers room for debate is one that will never win, because the mob can simply go with "they're racist" the moment they don't get what they want.
 

brentashton

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If they went back to "Eskimos" or simply dumped "Elks" for Esks/Eskies/Empire/EE/Whatever, the tone and authority that he had in his opening press conference is the exact same tact he'll have to take publicly with the change. He might be the perfect guy to be the face of it if the organization went that way.

"We're changing the name to X, it's what we want, it's what our fans want, and that's what we're going to do. It isn't racist, it's never been racist, and we'll have to simply agree to disagree with those that have convinced themselves it is. Not interested in debating it, if you don't like it then you'll have to live with it."

A soft approach that considers room for debate is one that will never win, because the mob can simply go with "they're racist" the moment they don't get what they want.
84 - That approach needs to be employed more often, in more areas.
 

Drivesaitl

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Islands in the stream.
RL is staying on as an advisor as per Milne or Wilkins, can’t remember which one said it. Why? You got your guy. If he’s the one why does he need broken training wheels?

It’s like Blazing Saddles, they all have to protect their phoney baloney jobs.
He's the expert at hanging around and getting paid. Not saying warranted pay. He's another Nicholburger mopping up money.
 
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Stoneman89

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RL is staying on as an advisor as per Milne or Wilkins, can’t remember which one said it. Why? You got your guy. If he’s the one why does he need broken training wheels?

It’s like Blazing Saddles, they all have to protect their phoney baloney jobs.
They should fire RL into the sun. His "advice" should be how they can get him there quickly.

If they went back to "Eskimos" or simply dumped "Elks" for Esks/Eskies/Empire/EE/Whatever, the tone and authority that he had in his opening press conference is the exact same tact he'll have to take publicly with the change. He might be the perfect guy to be the face of it if the organization went that way.

"We're changing the name to X, it's what we want, it's what our fans want, and that's what we're going to do. It isn't racist, it's never been racist, and we'll have to simply agree to disagree with those that have convinced themselves it is. Not interested in debating it, if you don't like it then you'll have to live with it."

A soft approach that considers room for debate is one that will never win, because the mob can simply go with "they're racist" the moment they don't get what they want.
He mentioned several times they want to find out what fans want and look after them. I sure hope he and Larry will be open to that. You want to go back to the old days and the respect and admiration everyone had for them? Well, that would be a good start.
 

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