Atlantian
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Vermilion County Bobcats' Struggles
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CrazyEddie20
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To be fair, the SPHL is a bit of a clown show in and of itself. Over the course of its history, several teams have been run on shoestring budgets with minimal staff under the mantra of "cost containment," which is a euphemism for "do it as cheaply as possible, regardless of how shitty it looks." An equipment manager I worked with in a different league quit an SPHL team after the team was put on credit hold with suppliers and the GM told him, "Tell the players to go to Play-It-Again Sports and buy their own shit."
SPHL - The Sorta Professional Hockey League.
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The only "charm" in the Bobcats' organization is the Glamour Shots profile photo of their Owner/CEO ...
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Their whole electronic presence is terrible. Website, social media, all of it. I inquired about working part-time remotely to help run their social media during the summer just for the hell of it. I wanted a way to stay involved in hockey and it was obvious they needed help as it was just Ellen and the security dude on a very poorly done website. I never heard a peep.
I think Kliment, whether by his own desires or at the urging of Ellen, is more focused on drumming up sponsorship dollars right now than improving the communications side right now.
I don't know who took the photos at the school today but some of them are horrendous and I wouldn't have posted them even if they were the only shots we got that day. It's better to post one clear shot than 10 blurry/grainy shots but to each their own, I guess.
I think Kliment, whether by his own desires or at the urging of Ellen, is more focused on drumming up sponsorship dollars right now than improving the communications side right now.
I don't know who took the photos at the school today but some of them are horrendous and I wouldn't have posted them even if they were the only shots we got that day. It's better to post one clear shot than 10 blurry/grainy shots but to each their own, I guess.
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You're both overqualified and whatever you would have asked for in compensation would have been too much for this "organization" to afford.
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Seems like SOMEBODY has the time to filter out Comments on the team's F/B page. But maybe those particular replies were deemed inappropriate under Mr. Zuckerberg's rules.
CrazyEddie20
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Every NHL team has a director of security, and each city has an NHL Security person. Every player and staff member that travels with the team gets a card with the contact numbers for the NHL Security Department and the NHL Security person in each city.
No team below the NHL, to my knowledge, has a security department. They don't need it, especially in the SPHL. It's just further evidence of Ellen's misplaced priorities, misspent money, and mismanagement.
No team below the NHL, to my knowledge, has a security department. They don't need it, especially in the SPHL. It's just further evidence of Ellen's misplaced priorities, misspent money, and mismanagement.
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The only comment I noticed missing was the one alleging that Ahmed Mahfouz was going to be brought in to coach. Nothing like pouring gas on the fire
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Then that proves that someone is actively monitoring the team's Facebook page. Unless "Ahmed Mahfouz" is now synonymous with "Hate Speech" ........ never mind, I answered my own question ...
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Um, hockey has farm teams. Are you familiar with the AHL? I've also seen "side" used in NA sports.
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No, despite being around HFboards for 14 years, I've never heard of the AHL. What is it? Please, tell me more.
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Oof. This shows you don't understand the dynamic between the Fed and the SP.
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Not a lot of life it appears. 4-0 loss, outshot 54-17, including 25-2 in the third period.Signs of VC life reported on the Evansville ice tonight.
Gamesheet: Vermilion County at Evansville - Oct 29, 2021
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Struggles continue ... Bobcats lose 4-0 in Evansville. Thunderbolts record 54 SOGs. No VC Hockey Ops personnel listed in the Game Center record. Must be a secret.
ETA: @jabberoski beat me to it.
ETA: @jabberoski beat me to it.
Sorry about coming off so harsh. I made a joke about an FPHL team assigning a guy to the Bobcats. It bombed. I didn't handle it well. My fault.
(do we have an embarrassed smiley?)
(do we have an embarrassed smiley?)
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