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McCown: Rogers/Bell "Unholy Alliance Will Not Last"

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To loosely quote Stringer Bell, "You can't be thinking about this gangsta ****. You gotta think about this like real ****in' businessmen".

Large companies partner over this **** all the time. Even with all the lawsuits, Apple and Samsung still maintain a partnership agreements over the production of LCD screens. You have to put all that external ******** aside and realize that Rogers and Bell will work together if it means a greater mutual profit for the both of them.
 
I really don't think that Rogers and Bell aren't going to be able to work with each other. The only thing that you can make an argument about is when the new tv deals come up, both are going to want more Leafs games, but that's not going to transcend to the hockey opps.

These guys are professionals, and I think the both of them have proven that they know how to run businesses. You don't think Rogers has people on the BOG that butt heads? I'm sure they do, and Bell does as well. If the Leafs fail it's not going to be due to the incompatibility of Rogers and Bell.

I like McCown, but he does like to stir up controversy when oftentimes it seems that there is no controversy to stir.
 
TrueBlue86 said:
yea mannnnn

they got rid of a loudmouth baboon who couldn't deliver on the ice

pretty easy decision if you ask me

since it's opposing companies, i think it means they will keep each other honest.
people need to chill. obviously burke wasn't a fit with this ownership. look at the jays- rogers lets AA do his thing and that's all there is to it
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Except the rumoured guy (George Cope) who started the whole fiasco to get rid of Burke was a Bell guy. Also, just because they won't interfere on the baseball and/or basketball front, doesn't mean they won't on the hockey front.

There are a lot more people who think their hockey "experts" in Canada than there are Basketball/Baseball.
 
New MLSE got balls... firing Burke a week before the season starts was a slap in the face, but maybe this is good for the team. Nonis can do his thing even though I don't like him.

Bob Mac is right... time and time again the management has FAILED, when does it all get better? This franchise makes ridiculous cash -- Spend It!
 
TrueBlue86 said:
i doubt Bob has any real sources. he just spews **** out of his mouth, especially when it comes to hockey. his opinions on hockey are laughable
the hockey guys on the station pretty much laugh at his opinion

he's the only one reporting that the asking price for Lu is Kadri+Gardiner. Never heard anyone else report this.
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this rumour has been floating around since the draft, the original had the Leafs including a 2nd

pay attention
 
I actually like McCown, but he's not the best when it comes to hockey.

Also, on Brady and Lang this morning, when they were talking about Buffalo and how people had them pegged as a potential playoff darkhorse, one of them started talking about how underrated Derek Roy was...umm...he was traded... like 6 months ago... Come on guys, do some research.
 
TrueBlue86 said:
yea mannnnn

they got rid of a loudmouth baboon who couldn't deliver on the ice

pretty easy decision if you ask me

since it's opposing companies, i think it means they will keep each other honest.
people need to chill. obviously burke wasn't a fit with this ownership. look at the jays- rogers lets AA do his thing and that's all there is to it
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Can you point to one instance of success the jays have had under Rogers? Just one?
 
McCown is a mouthpiece.

"A 100 percent Kadri and Gardiner for Luongo,a 100 percent."

Who has more money Bell/Rogers or McCown? He is going for headlines.Do you become a billionaire by being stupid and not being able to make alliances? McCown is scared because once they succeed he won't have anything to mouth off about anymore.There is a sect of the Leaf media which makes it's living by trashing the Leafs.Once the Leafs are successful,no one listen to them anymore.
 
tp71 said:
Except the rumoured guy (George Cope) who started the whole fiasco to get rid of Burke was a Bell guy. Also, just because they won't interfere on the baseball and/or basketball front, doesn't mean they won't on the hockey front.

There are a lot more people who think their hockey "experts" in Canada than there are Basketball/Baseball.
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sure, it's possible but where's the proof?

all the connected hockey guys (ie. hockey central) said it had nothing to do with luongo

cope not liking burke has nothing to do with meddling owners (what bobcat is accusing). i believe the whole board doesn't like burke
that, and his poor performance

but, of course, bobcat throws everyone in a frenzy saying owners wanted to have their fingers in the trade market
 
Just because these two companies are rivals in one sector does not mean they can not be allies/partners in another. People are overlooking the power of money and the fact that there is a third party who not only is the primary source of decision making but also the tie breaker.

This is just noise for the sake of making noise.
 
darrylsittler27 said:
"A 100 percent Kadri and Gardiner for Luongo,a 100 percent."

Who has more money Bell/Rogers or McCown? He is going for headlines.Do you become a billionaire by being stupid and not being able to make alliances? McCown is scared because once they succeed he won't have anything to mouth off about anymore.There is a sect of the Leaf media which makes it's living by trashing the Leafs.Once the Leafs are successful,no one listen to them anymore.
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Why would he be scared of them succeeding?
 
TrueBlue86 said:
sure, it's possible but where's the proof?

all the connected hockey guys (ie. hockey central) said it had nothing to do with luongo

cope not liking burke has nothing to do with meddling owners (what bobcat is accusing). i believe the whole board doesn't like burke
that, and his poor performance

but, of course, bobcat throws everyone in a frenzy saying owners wanted to have their fingers in the trade market
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I guess we'll see shortly. If Bobby Lou comes here for a Kings ransom...
 
CrazeeEddie said:
Why would he be scared of them succeeding?
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mccown was burke's biggest critic. every day his show consisted of making fun of how crappy this team was.

now that he's gone, and there's no point of criticizing him any more, he's turned to the owners. instead of looking at burke's utterly failed performance (which bobcat admits), he's implying it was also his refusal to do the luongo trade (something of course which would piss off fans who don't want meddling owners)
 
TrueBlue86 said:
mccown was burke's biggest critic. every day his show consisted of making fun of how crappy this team was.

now that he's gone, and there's no point of criticizing him any more, he's turned to the owners. instead of looking at burke's utterly failed performance (which bobcat admits), he's implying it was also his refusal to do the luongo trade (something of course which would piss off fans who don't want meddling owners)
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But what possible indicator of success would have him scared?

What has Bell or Rogers done that would give him any reason to believe that they are capable of it?

Not that I believe he knows anything, but I doubt fear of success is his motivator.
 
Why are people complaining about Rogers and Bell owning MLSE, If i remember last year you did not want an American corporation from providence owning it and wanted Rogers and bell to buy it.
 
AndMat said:
Why are people complaining about Rogers and Bell owning MLSE, If i remember last year you did not want an American corporation from providence owning it and wanted Rogers and bell to buy it.
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Some of us didn't want either.... This is why we are complaining...
 
TrueBlue86 said:
sure, it's possible but where's the proof?

all the connected hockey guys (ie. hockey central) said it had nothing to do with luongo

cope not liking burke has nothing to do with meddling owners (what bobcat is accusing). i believe the whole board doesn't like burke
that, and his poor performance

but, of course, bobcat throws everyone in a frenzy saying owners wanted to have their fingers in the trade market
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:shakehead

seriously listen to the 4 oclock segment from yesterday or the 5oclock from the day before

McCown stated that Kadri + Gardiner deal was a "rumour" floating around which he DID NOT BELIEVE, nor did he believe it had anything to do with Luongo.....McCown is an off-ice/off-air friend of Burkes

stop before you make a fool of yourself
 
I heard this a while back and I have no link for it, so it will have to go under the speculation category.

The two entities Bell and Rogers will try to get another team in the Toronto area and one or the other will take it and be bought out by the other, thus they will control the entire hockey market in Toronto and the GTA and of course all the TV rights.

They can do this because they can authorize another team in their protected area but since they can't own two teams, either Bell or Rogers would buy out the other and that company would take control of the new team.

Could it happen who knows?
 
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