Monday Morning Moanin.....
IMHO... If in fact WR is headed to greener pastures shortly I’ll be hoping his replacement has full authority. Love him or hate him WR will be a tough act to follow. If the next guy can win 3 memorial cups I’ll be happier than a pig in doo-doo. Personally I ‘d like to have a top contender every year...but you can’t have it both ways.
The way I look at the ownership group is perhaps a bit different than most. If you look at it from the owners perspective rather than the fans you’d say the owners put their $$$ in to buy the team and they have the right to run it the way they see fit. Most of us would do the same thing, we want to make money not lose it.
Hopefully things go well for both the fans and owners. This next couple of weeks could be the defining moment for the Spits..
** I note the Spits pictured at Roseland this am included Rychel, Bowler & Boughner
**note Also that Wyatt Johnston is ready to talk to Spits now the ownership has cleared up according to today’s story by Jim Parker
I don't disagree that an owner has the right and ability to do things the way they wish but a smart businessman would understand when to step in and make changes and when to leave things alone, regardless of what business they are in.
Obviously this group has had success in other ventures, no questions about that but when it comes to running a hockey club so far based on what's happened and what's rumoured to be happening this is one business they are as clueless as the dentist would have been and while we don't know what decisions the dentist may have eventually made the ones we are seeing and supposedly we've already seen have been pretty much all the wrongs moves.
Until there is an announcement made Rychel leaving is only a rumour or speculation but many rumours lately have had a lot of substance lately so any rumours at this point will likely be taken as fact until proven otherwise. As I said if this is Rychel's decision alone, good for him. Get out while he can with the way things appear to be going.
If this is not Rychel's decision then from a business standpoint this would be the dumbest decision this group could make.
Coaching staff that a large part of the fanbase wants to see gone, keep them.
A GM that regardless of my personal opinion a large part of the fanbase wants to see stay, move on from him.
Those would be the first two major decisions they make since taking over a majority/controlling stake in the team and both are the wrong ones with the fanbase.
Pinch pennies where it makes sense to make more money? No problem with that but piss off the fanbase when you are supposedly trying to repair the damage done with a botched sale that created a number of issues for the team as well as a lot of anxiety for the fanbase and try to say you have the best interests of the team and fans in mind? Pure BS.
The only way any of this makes sense is if they have another buyer already lined up and they are planning on spending this season clearing the deck for them.
I think, while being smart businessmen in their other ventures they fail to realize that when dealing with a fanbase for the core support of a business like this they are completely clueless.
As I also said, if the comments that have been on here the last little while suggesting Rychel, as a part owner had been handcuffed for financial/other reasons then the likelihood of another GM, be it Bowler or someone completely new will have sort of autonomy or authority to manage the team as they feel it needs to be to have success is less then zero.
We all hope for the best but I don't see it happening if Rychel is taken out of the picture and this comes from me, someone who has been saying for a couple of seasons it's time for Rychel to move on.
Good news on Johnston. Wasn't happy that he appeared to be a bit of a reach when he was drafted but the kid certainly seems to have some potential so hopefully it all works out.
Rychel, Boughner and Bowler all together? Would be an interesting situation with all that is rumoured to be going on. After seeing the pic with Afanasyev, Rychel and Bowler, Bowler looked to be all smiles while Rychel looked to be forcing things a bit.
Regardless of what ends up happening it's clear with all that's been going on and not going on that all is not good in Spits land.
