How much support for Jacobs?

[Tim Vezina Thomas]

I won't like him until he realizes this team needs a rebuild. Success is cyclical, trade all the vets except for Bergy/Marchand, develop some prospects, get a couple top ten picks, and hopefully be successful after that. (Not including the young veterans like Pasta).

If we're forced to trade all of our mid round picks again at the TDL I will be livid. This team isnt a Lee Stempniak away from competing.

 

[Coach Parker]

Spends to the cap and spends on scouting and his staff. Who cares about the rest?

As soon as he overprices his product he will see empty seats and respond accordingly.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

Average

 

[Brucentric*]

If Jeremy Jacobs was told tomorrow he could make more money by pulling a Producers style flop he would.

!00%....The guy is a schill......For years and years he was a disgrace. He left teams out to dry. People saying he spends to the cap.


Aren't we currently like 4 million under the cap for this season ? I thought i saw that somewhere here.

 

[BruinDust]

Spends to the cap and spends on scouting and his staff. Who cares about the rest?

As soon as he overprices his product he will see empty seats and respond accordingly.

You don't think the culture of an organization matters?

Because that culture starts at the top.

 

[JoeIsAStud]

I won't like him until he realizes this team needs a rebuild. Success is cyclical, trade all the vets except for Bergy/Marchand, develop some prospects, get a couple top ten picks, and hopefully be successful after that. (Not including the young veterans like Pasta).

If we're forced to trade all of our mid round picks again at the TDL I will be livid. This team isnt a Lee Stempniak away from competing.

I tend to think that is more Charlie than Jeremy, but that is irrelevant.

Honestly that is on Tweedle Dee (Sweeney), and Tweedle Dumb (Neely)

It is the Hockey staff which tells ownership what the potential of the team is. It is the hockey staff who is responsible to tell ownership if the team is not good enough to compete.

Now this staff would have to have a hard discussion to explain why the roster they put together is not good enough to compete, but that is their job

 

[weaponomega]

In a cap world he's a fine owner. He doesn't meddle and allows the GM to spend to the cap. In the non cap world it was the exact opposite. He had his henchmen in Sinden and O'Connell and year after year we'd lose players because they'd be alienated due to contract hold outs.

 

[BMC]

Anyone who still listens to Harry Sinden isn't fit to own a dog never mind a pro sports franchise.

 

[22Brad Park]

Have never ever liked him.1 at most from me.I can remember Bruins teams in past as a kid and he would not give Sinden money or should I say the ok to add the key player to enhance chances to win it all.I always felt that he held the team down.

 

[Gee Wally]

Average.
He spends as I hope.

What he charges for anything means nothing to me. Its his business and he has the right to do so. Frankly Id charge what the market will bear too. Nobody forces anybody to spend on entertainment.

 

[22Brad Park]

Average.
He spends as I hope.

What he charges for anything means nothing to me. Its his business and he has the right to do so. Frankly Id charge what the market will bear too. Nobody forces anybody to spend on entertainment.

Your right it's his business. But if this were not a cap world Bruins would not be in top 10 in spending is my bet.He can run it as he sees fit but my days of spending on 200 $ tickets to watch his product are over.I am sure he is about to lose a lot of faithful with the way this team is run the last few years.

 

[plemur]

I'd say average. He does spend the money and really had a large budget pre-cap as well, compared to many teams. I don't fault him for that stuff. What I do fault him for is a seeming indifference to management performance.

39 years without winning The Cup with very limited management changes infuriated me then and it's doing so again. There have been too many stretches of years where things were not progressing to a goal yet the same guys pull the strings. Enough.

Perform, progress, or step aside. The Bruins cannot always be great, but don't languish and pretend the languish is part of improving. It's just languishing. Either you're following a plan or you're off plan. Right now the B's are off plan and languishing. As an owner he needs to see this and put a stop to it.

 

[22Brad Park]

I'd say average. He does spend the money and really had a large budget pre-cap as well, compared to many teams. I don't fault him for that stuff. What I do fault him for is a seeming indifference to management performance.

39 years without winning The Cup with very limited management changes infuriated me then and it's doing so again. There have been too many stretches of years where things were not progressing to a goal yet the same guys pull the strings. Enough.

Perform, progress, or step aside. The Bruins cannot always be great, but don't languish and pretend the languish is part of improving. It's just languishing. Either you're following a plan or you're off plan. Right now the B's are off plan and languishing. As an owner he needs to see this and put a stop to it.

Pretty solid post.Love to see money spent compared to the other teams spent precap for say 20 years before .I remember as a kid feeling like he would never allow the one push to get over the hump.I must Google the numbers to be sure But really like your post.

 

[smithformeragent]

**** him.

The biggest villain in club history isn't a Canadien, it's Jacobs.

 

[Friar85]

I love the Bruins, was indoctrinated by my father and have indoctrinated my kids. But, I struggle with this ownership group and the legacy of Sinden. Years ago I brought my 6 year old son to his 1st home Bruins game. We got him the bear's head and the foam finger and he was on the telescreen for the cutest kids contest. Finished 2nd to a kid that was 4 or 5. We went to pick up his "prize" and it was left over deodorants, toothpaste, razors etc that had obviously been gifted to the Bruins. The kid who won was behind us and he got an XL Bs jersey that looked like it was used and returned. When the father asked what his 5 year old was supposed to do with that, the "Customer Service Rep" basically told him he didn't give a crap what he did with it. This was in the mid-90s and in the midst of the Sinden era. I am sure (hope?) it is different today, when I bring my (notional) grandkid to a game, I guess we'll find out.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

His obituary should include in the first sentence that he was the driving force behind shutting down the NHL for an entire season, and then he cost fans another half season by trying to break the union during a time when the NHL was doing its best.

Would the 2nd sentence have said shutting down the NHL for a season probably saved it from going out of business?

 

[EverettMike]

Would the 2nd sentence have said shutting down the NHL for a season probably saved it from going out of business?

I think they try to avoid lying in those things.

(The league needed to be fixed, but they didn't need to lose a whole season. And they definitely didn't need to lose half a season shortly after.)

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

Support the Bruins, but beware it comes with a terrible curse.

That's bad.

But it comes with a cup in 2011.

That's good!

But then there is a sad decline into mediocrity.

That's bad.

But you get to park right under the Garden.

That's good.

But parking costs $55.

That's bad.

But the hot dogs are delicious.

That's good!

The hot dogs contain the preservatives sodium nitrate and nitrite

...

That's bad.

Can I go now?

 

[Number8]

Be interesting if Patriots, Celtics, and Red Sox fans were asked same question.

Obviously Sox and Patriots have a few recent Championships that would likely sway results. However I bet Celtics fans wouldn't give the so far very underwhelming results that Jacobs has received.

 

[Bruins1233]

I don't get why people hate Jacobs.
He built us a train station on his own money and your calling him cheap?
He runs the Bruins like a business because they are one, he isn't going to charge $30 for a ticket he could sell for $70, you guys know all the games are on television these days right?
If you want cheap Hockey, Northeastern/BU/BC are only a train ride away

 

[Bruins1233]

Be interesting if Patriots, Celtics, and Red Sox fans were asked same question.

Obviously Sox and Patriots have a few recent Championships that would likely sway results. However I bet Celtics fans wouldn't give the so far very underwhelming results that Jacobs has received.

I think most Red Sox fans would also appreciate how the new Ownership stepped in to save Fenway on top of winning a few championships.

 

[radmcfad]

If they ran the team from Mars I'd like to see them pick up and move to Jupiter.

That's a 5 in the poll.

 

[Gordoff]

**** him.

The biggest villain in club history isn't a Canadien, it's Jacobs.

THIS^^

 

[Absurdity]

It's the status quo for Papa Jacobs. All he wants is his 2 home playoff games every year to rake in that cash. If he cares about the future of this team he should fire Claude and Neely. Something tells me he doesn't have the gonads to do so.

 

[Fenway]

I don't get why people hate Jacobs.
He built us a train station on his own money and your calling him cheap?
He runs the Bruins like a business because they are one, he isn't going to charge $30 for a ticket he could sell for $70, you guys know all the games are on television these days right?
If you want cheap Hockey, Northeastern/BU/BC are only a train ride away

He was supposed to do that in 1995 and it wasn't done until 2007 when the MBTA sued him. That was part of the deal of getting the land for the new arena.

Jeremy Jacobs is a paradox. He treats his full-time employees very well and people don't leave the company and he promotes within.

He has kept his HQ's in downtown Buffalo knowing he could save millions moving to a more tax friendly state.

Back in the 90's a long time loyal employee stole money from the box office because he had drug issues. He was well known by fans at the old Garden as he had a prominent off ice role at home games.

The Bruins did not prosecute and in fact paid for rehab. But Jacobs ordered something much worse than jail for him - he was banned from the Garden for life. The person could never get clean and he died in 2001 at the age of 46.