bling
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- Jun 23, 2004
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I'm not sure what kind of teams you are referring to re: lack of desire to ice a competitive team. Again, you're equating payroll to desire, when in fact, a team's payroll pre-lockout was directly tied to the team's revenues, which was dependant upon market demographics. The fact that Rangers spent more than Buffalo on payroll had nothing at all to do with the owner's "desire to ice a competitive team" or an ability to "manage [the team] properly." New York's higher payroll was almost exclusively a result of its massive revenues as a result of its incredibly large market and immensely wealthy fanbase.
If Buffalo had spent as much as the Rangers on payroll, rather than "managing [the team] properly," Buffalo would have been committing financial suicide. Even if Buffalo were to win the cup each and every year pre-lockout, its revenues would not come close to supporting Rangers-level payroll.
In short, your conclusion that "poor management is the biggest factor in the lack of success of any given team" is absolutely wrong if by "success" you mean profit.
I am referencing teams that were/are unwilling to pay for a competive team. Chicago comes to mind as a fine example of incompetence that was rewarded by the new CBA.