SSM Greyhounds 2023-2024 Off-Season Thread (Part 1)

[DWI Dale]

its nice to see fans coming around to Raftis' shortcomings

i've received a lot of personal attacks and even threats of physical violence for trying to suggest raftis was arrogant and shortsighted. I assume my apologies are in the mail.

 

[frontsfan67]

its nice to see fans coming around to Raftis' shortcomings

i've received a lot of personal attacks and even threats of physical violence for trying to suggest raftis was arrogant and shortsighted. I assume my apologies are in the mail.

people get very emotional if someone doesn’t agree with their opinion on here

 

[OHL4Life]

people get very emotional if someone doesn’t agree with their opinion on here

+1

 

[DWI Dale]

it's also no coincidence those same people disappear at times like this!

every. damn. time.

 

[bobber]

can anybody think of another team EVER that walked away from the first 3 rounds with NOTHING?

all the raftis stans can choke on this one. your boy blew it. anybody seen fischy?



welcome to the darkside.

I've been fishing and haven't seen Fishy

 

[OHL4Life]

There is no question. If Ownership wants to save SOME face here they have to hold someone responsible.

This can’t be the direction ownership wants to go in.

This is the cherry on top of the failure cake. Constant mismanagement of assets has cost this team and it's almost predictable at this point. With his mismanagement of assets, his decisions to not sell off, and his decisions to make some of the trades he has made, if you look at it Kyle Raftis does double the work cause he's constantly fixing his own mistakes. His decisions, alongside whatever yesmen are next to him, have cost this team championships, has cost this city a hosting right for the Memorial Cup, and on its current trajectory (and if you follow trends this is fact) he is about to cost us the next 2 to 3 years and quite possibly ruin the chance to build a team around arguably the most dominate player we've watched in a Soo Greyhound jersey (if he continues his trend upwards).

Longest-tenured GM with nothing at all to show for it.

Time for a change 100%

at the very least need to bring in someone to run the draft and hire scouts. an ast gm who will push back against raftis. Sweeney is not a head scout and won’t push back against his best friend

 

[DWI Dale]

I've been fishing and haven't seen Fishy

hes busy crafting an alternative narrative to explain why it's not Raftis' fault and how he was right about everything. I expect it's going to take him a while.

 

[JoeSchmo]

at the very least need to bring in someone to run the draft and hire scouts. an ast gm who will push back against raftis. Sweeney is not a head scout and won’t push back against his best friend

The Soo has never had an assistant GM, have they?

I agree with you

 

[Savard18]

hes busy crafting an alternative narrative to explain why it's not Raftis' fault and how he was right about everything. I expect it's going to take him a while.

It was probably Charlie Schenkel who convinced Raftis to make those two picks.

 

[rve24]

people get very emotional if someone doesn’t agree with their opinion on

hes busy crafting an alternative narrative to explain why it's not Raftis' fault and how he was right about everything. I expect it's going to take him a while.

Must be the goalies fault, I'm guessing

 

[JoeSchmo]

Must be the goalies fault, I'm guessing

They’re actually blaming it on the ticket manager.. but that’s a story for another time…

Fun facts: this team has had about 8 ticket managers in the last 10 years. In one year we had 3 new ticket managers.

Time to start looking in the mirror…..

 

[JoeSchmo]

Wow Saginaw….

 

[DWI Dale]

ita almost like well built teams with good asset management attract commitments from top players lol

 

[JoeSchmo]

ita almost like well built teams with good asset management attract top talent!

I suspect the Hounds will announnce the Noel Nordh news soon. Good way to “mask” the negativity by PR.

 

[DWI Dale]

I suspect the Hounds will announnce the Noel Nordh news soon. Good way to “mask” the negativity by PR.

and it's great he's coming. I'm sure some playoff revenue will make Tim happy. but if he's not an '07 or '08 it's not the same

 

[JoeSchmo]

and it's great he's coming. I'm sure some playoff revenue will make Tim happy. but if he's not an '07 or '08 it's not the same

I agree

 

[OHL4Life]

and it's great he's coming. I'm sure some playoff revenue will make Tim happy. but if he's not an '07 or '08 it's not the same

is he for sure coming?

 

[DWI Dale]

is he for sure coming?

It sounded like it but I suppose until it's announced there's no guarantee.

 

[DWI Dale]

that return for Kitchener...

it sucks to watch other teams rebuild to bid for mem cup hosting.

 

[JoeSchmo]

You probably thought I was joking about the ticket manager thing but….

 

[JoeSchmo]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1821264095917777269

 

[frontsfan67]

Not sure if you guys are watching the US game but Hayes had one hell of a pass for the 5th US goal

 

[saska sault]

You probably thought I was joking about the ticket manager thing but….View attachment 899632

Can someone catch me up on this ? What's the deal with the Hounds and ticket sales drama?

 

[JoeSchmo]

Can someone catch me up on this ? What's the deal with the Hounds and ticket sales drama?

It’s the 9th manager in 10 years. Seems to be the only position with turnover. Seems to be some serious issues internally. Winning culture is developed from top down and unless those areas are fixed, I don’t see us having a 100% winning culture.

People do not need to believe it but there are some serious issues with this team.

There have been previous employees who have even tried to record issues at work to bring forth to ownership but have been scolded for even doing so. It’s too bad because they get praised for having a skeleton crew, doing so much work, etc.. when in reality it’s a toxic environment. Very, very toxic.

Maybe there is some truth to the Tucker Tynan lawsuits..

 

[HockeyPops]

Who was the previous Ticket Manager?