Comments on: CALL IT A FLIP-FLOP, WHATEVER YOU WANTI call it giving credit to sticking to a plan

By: matt c

matt c — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:42:39 +0000

Wang did not have to lose a ton of money. He could have fired Milbury when he bought the team, but he kept him on and for far too long. He could have had Neil Smith as GM, but he comes up with this unconventional “committee” form of mgmt and drive Smith and Lafontaine away. Also, he’s pursued the LH roject for far too long. He should have been talking to Ratner and WP and publically expressing interest in Queens and Brooklyn a long time ago.

I’m not dwelling on the past, but I am bringing up that his decisions as owner very much helped create these money-losing seasons

By: puckhead68

puckhead68 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:22:22 +0000

Holly crap, screw Charles Wang? Hey why don’t we wait to see if Spano is gonna’ get out of jail soon so he or the Millsteins can buy the team again. The gut is losing money every year. Do people expect him to continue to do so? just see we can have our team. Selfish,just a bit. I’m glad I got to see this team win 4 cups, because it sounds like we may not have a team to pull for soon. Nobody else is out there waiting to jump in and save this team. I hope I’m wrong.

By: TM

TM — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:11:52 +0000

Give CB a break. He just did what many fans do, state what he thought would be best yet still back the organization when it did differently. Something we all do after many of the screwups have happened. I’m certainly no Kool-Aid drinker and sometimes feel this blog is too blind and too pro-Isles when criticism should be made but this isn’t like that. Praising the attendance and the trainers when both are poor are examples of that but not this. CB isn’t always right but some here are going overboard on this aspect.

The Wang interview on WFAN this AM was poorly timed and poorly said. Can we get more than 12 hours of happiness with the top pick before Cholly says if he had it to dov over again he wouldn’t have bought the Isles? Cholly sure doesn’t help his marketing cause much at all most of the time.

By: beatlebailey

beatlebailey — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:00:32 +0000

i hope the isles at least consider what the nation wants…do not disappoint us yet again

By: UIF

UIF — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:26:39 +0000

Wow, the Tavares-Hedmen vote in the next thread is a landslide. I thought it’d be closer as there’s been good debate here for months on those two.

By: Mick Vukota

Mick Vukota — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:53:30 +0000

Isles4Cup: Agreed, listened to the interview live, he admirably held his own.

By: Isles4cups

Isles4cups — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:36:05 +0000

Mick (77) Listened to Nick Kypreos and Daren Millard talk with Garth on the Fan 590 via podcast just now. Garth did well, by not tipping his hand. I still believe he will select John Tavares though.

By: David Volek

David Volek — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:41:28 +0000

I thought Hedman looked the stronger character when interviewed. Anyone know anything of Tavares’ leadership quality, confidence and consistency? I know he led Team Canada to gold as Captain, but what can we really know from one 2 week tournament of kids? Hedman is playing with men already in a top league. He’s got more poise.

By: d-man

d-man — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:37:45 +0000

#130: IMO the truth and logic make much more sense than saying “Yeah Boomer, I would do it all over again” and not mean it and sounding ridiculous because who in their right mind would do this again? Losing tons of money, getting bashed by a handful of ungrateful fans, Kate Murray and all the political BS on the island. I’d rather have an honest owner over an insane one.

By: UIF

UIF — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:27:11 +0000

129 — I guess I’m crazy then, because “Spend your money on the Islanders, even though I regret ever spending mine” just doesn’t sound like a very good PR message to me.

By: d-man

d-man — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:05:34 +0000

#97: You are so right on. That interview was hard to listen to because the not Boomer guy was so annoying. Boomer is no prize either. Were they on speed? Before he could even answer a question they went on to another one. I know he didn’t give anything new but that was not for us nerds reading CB all the time. For many out there it was new information. And he did drop a little nugget of info saying without a doubt he will look to alternatives other than Long Island in the fall if he sees no progress. And I have no problem with him stating he wouldn’t do it again and anyone upset at that is crazy. Why would you choose to get hammered by everyone and lose millions a year and all the headaches again? You’d have to be a masochist.

By: isles316

isles316 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:01:12 +0000

That point I agree with. I think without him saying what he said this morning, that fact would still be true.

My point is basically that although he said it on air today, we all had to know that considering the money he has lost. I don’t care how much money you have, but when something you owns continues to lose Millions, you can’t be happy with that situation.