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Any justification as to why? Perhaps because when Hendry has his eyes on the wrong man, he usually is able to get him. -
Hendry's going to build us another winner with these brilliant movies of his. I would think a Hendry movie would be similarly difficult to follow, although potentially quite high on the unintentional comedy scale.
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I would have a hard time believing that, considering the injury he suffered to end the year. Those tend to linger. But it would be funny if the field rehab was a way to entice him to come here. -
So far it's been all about who isn't going to be here in 2008.
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No kidding. They gave him the gold glove to try and solidy his pick. Anyone else notice ESPN homering hardcore for him the last week of the season? Definitely. He was the ESPN consensus at the end. Maybe they feel they were burned from all their HR promoting and felt they needed a guy who adds the stolen base as a weapon into their stories.
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I don't think it should be viewed as odd. He was a longterm marketing man, then elevated to president right in the middle of a new ownership search. Seems pretty clear he wasn't going to be the top guy for long. It's part of the reason why Andy left when he did, he new the sale was coming and didn't want to be part of the transition group.
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It would seem to make the most sense for the Trib execs to just handle pres duties in the short-term, there's no need for a new one now. I keep drawing blanks on your "someone" reference. Canning claims he it was part of a planned succession, and he is staying on as chairman, as well as staying heavily involved financially. But maybe that plan was to give him time to get his ducks in order for the bid and then taking full control immediately.
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I don't think it is. It's been reported, or speculated, a couple of times since Old Man Wirtz died that Rocky might want to hire McDonough because of his marketing skills. The Cubs have been for sale for a while, and anytime something like that happens, higher ups are going to be looking for other options. New owners generally means new management. McDonough was never really going to be a longterm Cubs president. Perhaps this happened sooner than some would have thought, but I wouldn't call it random. True. I just hadn't heard anything about McDonough leaving, at least not anytime in the near future. Random was probably the wrong word. Surprising, maybe. The timing did surprise me. Rocky Wirtz is supposedly going through a deep evaluation of the Blackhawks management right now. Plus, the Cubs sale doesn't seem to be imminent. Rocky is definitely working at a faster pace than I expected, and hopefully the Cubs sale will be finalized before too long.
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I don't think it is. It's been reported, or speculated, a couple of times since Old Man Wirtz died that Rocky might want to hire McDonough because of his marketing skills. The Cubs have been for sale for a while, and anytime something like that happens, higher ups are going to be looking for other options. New owners generally means new management. McDonough was never really going to be a longterm Cubs president. Perhaps this happened sooner than some would have thought, but I wouldn't call it random.
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Leaving the Cubs with a rotation of Zambrano, Lilly, Dempster, Marquis and Willis?
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And then proceeded to still employ Jim Hendry. I'm glad he's gone. Hopefully, Hendry will soon follow. Let's see if the next guy can get the owner to open up their pocket book as much as John did last year. That is what I'm talking about. Ofcourse we can never directly compare because it will be 2 different owners. I don't believe he convinced them of any such thing. The owners were trying to increase the value of the asset they were preparing to sell. Cubs attendance and ratings, the biggest revenue generators, vary with the record. Three straight years of bad results would have severely cut into revenue in 2007, making the franchise less valuable. The owners new they would be selling before the bill for those contracts would come in, and gambled that a new owner wouldn't be as worried about those big commitments, at least in comparison to publicly traded Tribune Co.
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Saying and doing aren't the same thing though. I didn't like his chances of making the right call with regards to Hendry and the need to replace him. McDonough was nothing but a placeholder. He was never going to be the longterm president of the Cubs, and he probably new it. The Blackhawks are a longterm project perhaps more in need of his marketing skills.
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Might as well bring up the McDonough as president thing here. I like it as far as getting exposure for the Blackhawks and possibly building up excitement regarding the team. I have my doubts how it will work as far as him evaluating the hockey personel decision makers and on ice leadership. He would have to lean heavily on somebody with strong hockey knowledge, both in terms of judging whether Tallon is doing a good job, and if not, finding his replacement. I never trust McDonough to make the right decision regarding Hendry, and viewed him as a placeholder more than an actual president making longterm decisions about the team.
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I agree. McDonough was integral in building the Cubs as a brand despite having a losing product on the field since he joined the organization. Now that Rocky Wirtz in at the helm of the Blackhawks and home games FINALLY being televised, this clearly signifies that Chicago hockey fans have a future to look forward to. Perhaps. But I'd need to know how he's going to work. McDonough wasn't qualified to hire a quality GM, or quality baseball people, and I find it hard to believe he'll be any more qualified to do the same with hockey people. I still have my doubts about Tallon and Savard, but I don't know who McDonough will lean on to make a decision on either one.
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You think the Yankees deal with A-Rod will fall apart? Seems awfully far along in the process combined with such a huge contract makes it incredibly unlikely IMO that one side would walk away now. ARod deals have been far along in the process before while still falling through. There's no good reason why it hasn't been signed yet.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Also....Jones was never an all-star, believe it or not folks. I love how people just feel so willing to hand out labels like "he was an All-Star for a while." Shameless disregard for facts has never gotten in the way of baseball discussion.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-071120hawksmcdonough,1,5106191.story A day after John Canning steps down as CEO of Madison Dearborn, I wonder if this is any indication that the sale is proceeding.
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Well unfortunately they very much matter in College Football this year. You know it's been a sad, sad season when a Mizzou/Kansas game has an effect on the National Championship outlook. I always find it more entertaining to see new blood involved in the discussion. I wouldn't call this season sad, it's been pretty interesting.
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Well unfortunately they very much matter in College Football this year. The teams matter, but the fan bases don't. I don't know anything about either team's football fan base, and I'd venture a guess most of the nation doesn't know either. I can't vote for one or the other as more annoying when neither of them has ever been relevant enough to discuss before this week.
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I cannot back this up with real stats right now but I'll bet the tickets that are selling for the prices you stipulate are either really great seats or are for coveted games. I'll bet you that there are plenty of seats in sec 404 in early May that go unsold. Just a guess, though. yeah, maybe for a handful of bad weather games that's true. But most of the stadium sells for way over face value on the secondary market, maybe not always double, but quite often far more than double. The fact is the team could easily make more money by raising prices, the problem is the PR backlash from people screaming. Demand clearly supports the higher prices.
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How about D: Too inconsequential to matter
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How is this galling? Because every time Selig talks what great health the sport is in, he doesn't mention that it costs an average of $200 for a family of four to go a game. Sure, we in Chicago see sellouts every year because of the way Wrigley is marketed. Gate receipts are up because parks continue to charge more. Not necessarily because more people are coming to the game. I've been to five different parks this summer: St. Louis, Wrigley, US Cellular, AT&T and Safeco. The only parks that were packed were St. Louis and Wrigley. Again, where is the galling part? Attendance is up, revenue is up. Parks don't have to be packed to be healthy. Percentage of seats filled is up. Going off ESPN's attendance info, 7 million more people went to games in 2007 compared to 2001, and parks went from 64.7% to 72.4% of capacity. Can it be expensive? Sure. But I still don't see the galling part.
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Que?
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How is this galling?
