Stephen
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Kinda reminded me of a mix of George Steinbrenner and Marge Schott.
Harold Ballard Documentary
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Kinda reminded me of a mix of George Steinbrenner and Marge Schott.
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He was Trump before Trump.
Stephen
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The entrepreneur-showman, curmudgeon, troll.
He was even more pompous if someone could be .. he had zero political motives except da $$$$$$$ .. but biggest single difference between almost all these guys including Steinberenner and Trump is outside of da court order (his house, some sum of $$$ and monthly amount to his Slavic girlfriend) he gave away ALL his wealth to charity and did not give a nickel to his 3 kids .. most of his 50-100M went to Bloor view childrens hospital if i remember correctly .. strange thing he was so cheap he could not spend $$$$$ on himself either .. he liked to make it and had cash box brought to him every Saturday night at Hot stove .. it was really all ego of holding da cash which he didn't spend and he did not put in bank either .. da story i heard was 25M cash all in bills in his house plus his house and da franchise value total 50-100M
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We are talking about the man who sold all the Stanley Cup banners because he couldn't stand being reminded that Conn had won multiple Cups and he never did...
It took Ballard 10 years to pay off debt he incurred to buy business from Conn .. i don't think it was ego it was all about paying off Molson's, TD and a few others .. he learned to steal from peter to pay Paul .. once he had everyone paid off the govt took him to jail for tax evasion because as he stated "he was gonna give his $$$ to whom he wanted to give it too .. not who govt wanted to give it too" .. funny thing is he actually did exactly what he said he would do .. he actually went to jail on his convictions .. his tax auditor from KPMG (da guy with da 10-20 hole in ones) must have crapped himself on every tax submittal .. there was a reason he worked in CASH .. in todays $$$ could you imagine someone dying and having 250M cash all in bills in their house????????? you know he ripped off tax man at every turn so he could give his wealth to a children's hospital
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Rather watch a video of people pissing on his grave
All Ballard ever wanted was attention; the best thing to do is let him fall away into obscurity. He'd love being back in the spotlight.
Hard pass.
All Ballard ever wanted was attention; the best thing to do is let him fall away into obscurity. He'd love being back in the spotlight.
Hard pass.
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I was born around when he died. So, he was a little early for me. This is a subject that I've always found interesting. I'll be watching.
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This looks amazing. If Brunt is involved, it must be good. He is one of only a few journalists I respect.
For those of us that lived through it, it will certainly bring back some bad memories.
How about when he brought the tiger on the ice, and painted the Ticats logo at center ice?? haha he was a nut.
One of the cities most iconic personalities in its long history.
For those of us that lived through it, it will certainly bring back some bad memories.
How about when he brought the tiger on the ice, and painted the Ticats logo at center ice?? haha he was a nut.
One of the cities most iconic personalities in its long history.
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Ya and Roger wearing the Paper bag over his head, when brought back,
lol.
Ballard’s autobiography by Beddoes - Amazon.ca
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He died like 8 years before I was born but just heard/read terrible things about him as an owner, man and person
Not sure how much was true and how much was fabricated.
It seemed like he was James Dolan (NY Knicks NBA owner) if Dolan was cheap, had slimey character, short sighted and was incompetent
Dolan is the last two and maybe a bit of a dick but he spends money all the time as the Knicks should as the NBAs top2-3 market.
Was getting an NHL job tough back then for a coach? Ballard could have blackballed him amongst his other owner friends?
Not sure how much was true and how much was fabricated.
It seemed like he was James Dolan (NY Knicks NBA owner) if Dolan was cheap, had slimey character, short sighted and was incompetent
Dolan is the last two and maybe a bit of a dick but he spends money all the time as the Knicks should as the NBAs top2-3 market.
Why did he ever agree to that? He should have told Harold to go f*** himself
Was getting an NHL job tough back then for a coach? Ballard could have blackballed him amongst his other owner friends?
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Boy do I remember these days. Horrible days.
Though Harold wouldn't trade Borje Salming for God.
And while he was 99% a real A If there was one nice thing He did. Every year around this time he gave his players & theirs families a free ticket to anywhere in the world. That might not seem alot today but back then it was a big deal.
Though Harold wouldn't trade Borje Salming for God.
And while he was 99% a real A If there was one nice thing He did. Every year around this time he gave his players & theirs families a free ticket to anywhere in the world. That might not seem alot today but back then it was a big deal.
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I hope they include this hilarious clip in the documentary
I am for sure going to watch it when it comes out, Harold died a few months before I was born so I was fortunate enough not to be around when he had ownership of the leafs
I am for sure going to watch it when it comes out, Harold died a few months before I was born so I was fortunate enough not to be around when he had ownership of the leafs
or the time he booked the Beatles for 2 shows and they were only booked for 1 show. That pissed the Beatles manager right off. Then he turned up the heat inside MLG and charged double the price on water for the show.
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Sure thing Dr. Phil
Watch the doc Niagara Bill - if it's an honest and comprehensive piece, you'll see what a POS Ballard was, why not celebrate the death of a bastard? Spare me the pearl clutching
As far as ruining part of my life - yes it sounds all so dramatic, I'm just saying as a young boy, a SC win as a Leaf fan would have been amazing - instead I got to see great Leafs like Sittler, McDonald etc, run out of town and suffered through the dreadful eighties.
Shove it Polly Anna
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