Ottawa Senators appoint Ian Mendes as vice president, communications and name Sylvain St-Laurent director, communications

[viper0220]

Don't know what to make of this, is this a positive?

Ottawa Senators appoint Ian Mendes as vice president, communications and name Sylvain St-Laurent director, communications | Ottawa Senators

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[NyQuil]

It’s the kind of thing that only the team board will be interested in.

 

[Siignal]

The first names aren't Stan and the last names aren't Bowman. gg no re

 

[gsharpe]

Love Ian Mendes! Seems like a great human. I'll miss him on the podcasts but this should be quite the pay hike for him.

 

[Tuna99]

Good thing for Ottawa. Montreal did the same thing after they fired Bergevin and it was a big hit so Ottawa doing the same with quality people

 

[SirPaste]

Isn't he a writer on the Athletic? Has someone covering a team ever been hired as a VP before? Seems weird

 

[1specter]

Ian Mendes lol, bit strange

 

[SensontheRush]

Isn't he a writer on the Athletic? Has someone covering a team ever been hired as a VP before? Seems weird

Guess who is the President of the Flyers right now.

Edit: Fair enough the guy used to be an NHLer, but he was otherwise a media personality before being onboarded.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Isn't he a writer on the Athletic? Has someone covering a team ever been hired as a VP before? Seems weird

He's a journalist going into communications. Nothing weird about it at all.

 

[MXD]

Oh wow, really happy for Sylvain St-Laurent, whom I remember being a better writer than most sports' journalist. A bit of a Sens optimist too, which is something of a prerequisite in his new job.

 

[SirPaste]

He's a journalist going into communications. Nothing weird about it at all.

I mean yea I guess, just weird that a beat writer gets hired by the team he was covering, I had never seen it before.

 

[eojsmada]

Joins Sarah Orlesky as former TSN beat reporters now in the front office for their respective teams.

 

[Sypher04]

He's a journalist going into communications. Nothing weird about it at all.

It’s a little weird. Being a journalist doesn’t make you qualified for VP of communications. They are pretty well entirely different things. That doesn’t mean he’s not qualified either however, I have no idea what else is in his background.

 

[Golden_Jet]

I mean yea I guess, just weird that a beat writer gets hired by the team he was covering, I had never seen it before.

He was with the Senators as Manager of Communications about 20 years ago, before leaving to cover the team on TV, then radio, then the Athletic and was on their podcasts.

Good for the team, not as much for the fans, he was excellent.

Congrats to Sly as well, working with/under Mendes.

 

[Jared Dunn]

It’s a little weird. Being a journalist doesn’t make you qualified for VP of communications. They are pretty well entirely different things. That doesn’t mean he’s not qualified either however, I have no idea what else is in his background.

I mean another term for the job is "media relations" so it's really not that far of a leap. It's extremely common to see journalists move to communications jobs, it's generally way easier work for significantly more pay and stability lol

 

[The Expert]

He's a journalist going into communications. Nothing weird about it at all.

Was gonna say, journalism and communications literally go hand in hand. Interesting how many people were unaware of that.

It’s a little weird. Being a journalist doesn’t make you qualified for VP of communications. They are pretty well entirely different things. That doesn’t mean he’s not qualified either however, I have no idea what else is in his background.

Being a grocery store clerk and VP of communications are entirely different things. Journalism and communications have a lot of overlap.

 

[GordonGraham]

Just like the Habs did a few years ago hiring a fanboy reporter ( or fan girl in the habs case)

 

[ItWasJustified]

Smart. Hiring the only two journalists that has any reach in that market and could possibly question anything they do.

 

[PaulD]

Play offs or Bust with this team

 

[Jared Dunn]

Smart. Hiring the only two journalists that has any reach in that market and could possibly question anything they do.

lol literally I think Mendes was blacklisted for a while under the Melnyk years because he had the audacity to criticize the complete tire fire he was running. He's a good and fair reporter but I generally do think he's a passionate fan of the team as well, good hire

 

[Voight]

Smart. Hiring the only two journalists that has any reach in that market and could possibly question anything they do.

Garrioch is the only notable beat reporter left I think.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Makes sense why he simped so hard for them

 

[Laphroaig]

Garrioch is the only notable beat reporter left I think.

Calling Garrioch notable is a stretch.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Makes sense why he simped so hard for them

Probably the opposite

 

[Nineteen67]

Feels like the on ice product will be about the same as last year so they may need a good comms director.