Comments on: NEWSDAY: Wang Source – Project Not AbandonedMy take: the LDC could not have played this worse http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2009/10/newsday-wang-source-project-not-abandonedmy-take-the-ldc-could-not-have-played-this-worse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsday-wang-source-project-not-abandonedmy-take-the-ldc-could-not-have-played-this-worse Independent, Daily Coverage Of The New York Islanders Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:53:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Greg http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2009/10/newsday-wang-source-project-not-abandonedmy-take-the-ldc-could-not-have-played-this-worse/#comment-102826 Greg Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:14:59 +0000 http://www.islanderspointblank.com/?p=16683#comment-102826 Did anyone see that story on Yahoo! about the Bills fans who raised money for a billboard dissing the team?We Islander fans should do this to diss either Kate Murray and/or the Town of Hempstead dying stop being idiots and just BUILD IT already.Check out the front page of Yahoo! for the story about the bills fans. Did anyone see that story on Yahoo! about the Bills fans who raised money for a billboard dissing the team?We Islander fans should do this to diss either Kate Murray and/or the Town of Hempstead dying stop being idiots and just BUILD IT already.Check out the front page of Yahoo! for the story about the bills fans.

]]> By: IslesHostage http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2009/10/newsday-wang-source-project-not-abandonedmy-take-the-ldc-could-not-have-played-this-worse/#comment-102783 IslesHostage Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:45:11 +0000 http://www.islanderspointblank.com/?p=16683#comment-102783 Funny.....I never posted that. An Islandermaniac rabid fan uses my s/n. Cute. Witty. Funny…..I never posted that. An Islandermaniac rabid fan uses my s/n. Cute. Witty.

]]> By: IslesHostage http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2009/10/newsday-wang-source-project-not-abandonedmy-take-the-ldc-could-not-have-played-this-worse/#comment-102730 IslesHostage Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:49:54 +0000 http://www.islanderspointblank.com/?p=16683#comment-102730 Wang please sell the team to Gutkowski. EVERYONE CHANT GUTKOWSKI'S NAME DURING THE SJ GAME!!! Wang please sell the team to Gutkowski.

EVERYONE CHANT GUTKOWSKI’S NAME DURING THE SJ GAME!!!

]]> By: IslesHostage http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2009/10/newsday-wang-source-project-not-abandonedmy-take-the-ldc-could-not-have-played-this-worse/#comment-102710 IslesHostage Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:15:11 +0000 http://www.islanderspointblank.com/?p=16683#comment-102710 And the NVMC is the best dump in the world. Accoustics, sightlines and the people who go......it is amazing when we're a winning team. (Which under Wang is.....once every three presidential elections or so?) And the NVMC is the best dump in the world. Accoustics, sightlines and the people who go……it is amazing when we’re a winning team. (Which under Wang is…..once every three presidential elections or so?)

]]> By: IslesHostage http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2009/10/newsday-wang-source-project-not-abandonedmy-take-the-ldc-could-not-have-played-this-worse/#comment-102707 IslesHostage Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:10:25 +0000 http://www.islanderspointblank.com/?p=16683#comment-102707 We have the most loyal fans in the universe. No joke. Unfortunately, you make Wang the hero when he's made the Islanders an afterthought. The games are embarrassing to go to with all the nonsense and the team is awful year after year....the gimmicks (overspeed?) are awful, the GM is a backup (for now... Richard Park in two years?) and the billboards for his real estate are more his focus than winning? FANS WANT TO WIN. We'll never get it with Chucky. We WILL get tons of direct marketing and escalating ticket and concession prices (beer is how expensive now?). Season ticket holders must buy a LICENSE? Walk up package and promotion day tickets are often CHEAPER THAN SEASONS? SMAG is still here, Milbury would still be here if he didn't QUIT, Dey is President by marriage rights (and AWFUL!), Gordon is a spineless backstabbing jerk who OUTED BERGENHEIM......this is the team culture. Incompetent and abrasive. Let's kep them this way forever and reward Wang with billions for the low payrolls, BAD hirings, scouting cuts, cheap coaches, cheap players and AWFUL JOKE contracts. Pray he sells to someone who likes hockey. Remember, no one hears about potential owners until the team's up for sale. Last I recall, NY/LI has more wealth in terms of billionaires than Kansas City, Windsor, Winnipeg and Hamilton COMBINED. We have the most loyal fans in the universe. No joke. Unfortunately, you make Wang the hero when he’s made the Islanders an afterthought. The games are embarrassing to go to with all the nonsense and the team is awful year after year….the gimmicks (overspeed?) are awful, the GM is a backup (for now… Richard Park in two years?) and the billboards for his real estate are more his focus than winning? FANS WANT TO WIN. We’ll never get it with Chucky. We WILL get tons of direct marketing and escalating ticket and concession prices (beer is how expensive now?). Season ticket holders must buy a LICENSE? Walk up package and promotion day tickets are often CHEAPER THAN SEASONS? SMAG is still here, Milbury would still be here if he didn’t QUIT, Dey is President by marriage rights (and AWFUL!), Gordon is a spineless backstabbing jerk who OUTED BERGENHEIM……this is the team culture. Incompetent and abrasive. Let’s kep them this way forever and reward Wang with billions for the low payrolls, BAD hirings, scouting cuts, cheap coaches, cheap players and AWFUL JOKE contracts.

Pray he sells to someone who likes hockey. Remember, no one hears about potential owners until the team’s up for sale. Last I recall, NY/LI has more wealth in terms of billionaires than Kansas City, Windsor, Winnipeg and Hamilton COMBINED.

]]> By: KO21 http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2009/10/newsday-wang-source-project-not-abandonedmy-take-the-ldc-could-not-have-played-this-worse/#comment-102701 KO21 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:59:07 +0000 http://www.islanderspointblank.com/?p=16683#comment-102701 You know why Long Island is a hot bed for telemarketing, mortgage and securities chop shops in the past??? Because there isn't any honest work out here to think of, just a theory. I also wanted to inform my fellow Islanders that I called Mr. Murray and voiced my anger at there selfishness. We all know what's gong on here and I told her secretary that myself along with other LHP supporters from Nicks blog, "Let There Be Lighthouse", will be looking in depth at which developers actually bribed, I mean donated, money to Murrays till in order to motivate her to put the "ka-bash" on this and give the development deal to them. Isles fans need to unite and keep up the pressure the best we can. Don't give up now! You know why Long Island is a hot bed for telemarketing, mortgage and securities chop shops in the past???

Because there isn’t any honest work out here to think of, just a theory.

I also wanted to inform my fellow Islanders that I called Mr. Murray and voiced my anger at there selfishness. We all know what’s gong on here and I told her secretary that myself along with other LHP supporters from Nicks blog, “Let There Be Lighthouse”, will be looking in depth at which developers actually bribed, I mean donated, money to Murrays till in order to motivate her to put the “ka-bash” on this and give the development deal to them.

Isles fans need to unite and keep up the pressure the best we can. Don’t give up now!

]]> By: Gutty34 http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2009/10/newsday-wang-source-project-not-abandonedmy-take-the-ldc-could-not-have-played-this-worse/#comment-102664 Gutty34 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:10:44 +0000 http://www.islanderspointblank.com/?p=16683#comment-102664 We all have these great ideas of where it should be built, how it should be built etc...the bottom line is LI is now the world largest over 50 community and most dont care about the future beyond 15-20 years. Most of their kids have moved off the isles because they cant afford it and they will soon as well. They really could care less about the Islanders. What they care about is how much will they get for their house and will there be traffic running to Friday's, Chili's etc.. for dinner at 5:30. Thats the reality of the island and this is coming from someome like me; the minority of under 40's who are still hanging on. I firmly believe this will not be built but that something will. Unfortnuately that something will be more retail crap that's not needed. Look at the Source mall. 2 largest tenants gone. Look at the condos that went up and are priced too high. Half empty. Look at the affordable condos across the street. Condemned and redone because the builders were inept. Can someone say payoff. For those that made the Aug 4th rally we learned that Hofstra in conjunction with North Shore/LIJ will be building a new medcial school. Great news for LI. They are begging for this project so that they can keep the young students coming out as well as provide interniships and jobs at the technology centers. Seems a no brainer to me to provide all the lighhouse will to support both initiatives. I wish Hofstra and NS/LIJ would promote this more and put some pressure on as well. I just find that all the press, posturing etc...has been scattered at best and missing all the true facts. As I said in my earlier post - Santino blames Suozzi. We blame TOH. Somewhere in the middle lies the truth as to why this is not being moved along. One way or the other. If TOH doesnt want it grow a f'-in sack and say no. Odd that they keep saying this is bad. We want this scaled back. Richie Rich in GC is concerned about this and that. How can you assure this wont happen and we rubn out of water. Leads me to believe that they are not saying definitely no right now because in my mind...if they do....they lose support and campaign contrib from the many in their corner who also want the lighthouse. I bet sometime in November we get the final no. Just not ready to do it before elections. We all have these great ideas of where it should be built, how it should be built etc…the bottom line is LI is now the world largest over 50 community and most dont care about the future beyond 15-20 years. Most of their kids have moved off the isles because they cant afford it and they will soon as well. They really could care less about the Islanders. What they care about is how much will they get for their house and will there be traffic running to Friday’s, Chili’s etc.. for dinner at 5:30. Thats the reality of the island and this is coming from someome like me; the minority of under 40′s who are still hanging on. I firmly believe this will not be built but that something will. Unfortnuately that something will be more retail crap that’s not needed. Look at the Source mall. 2 largest tenants gone. Look at the condos that went up and are priced too high. Half empty. Look at the affordable condos across the street. Condemned and redone because the builders were inept. Can someone say payoff. For those that made the Aug 4th rally we learned that Hofstra in conjunction with North Shore/LIJ will be building a new medcial school. Great news for LI. They are begging for this project so that they can keep the young students coming out as well as provide interniships and jobs at the technology centers. Seems a no brainer to me to provide all the lighhouse will to support both initiatives. I wish Hofstra and NS/LIJ would promote this more and put some pressure on as well. I just find that all the press, posturing etc…has been scattered at best and missing all the true facts. As I said in my earlier post – Santino blames Suozzi. We blame TOH. Somewhere in the middle lies the truth as to why this is not being moved along. One way or the other. If TOH doesnt want it grow a f’-in sack and say no. Odd that they keep saying this is bad. We want this scaled back. Richie Rich in GC is concerned about this and that. How can you assure this wont happen and we rubn out of water. Leads me to believe that they are not saying definitely no right now because in my mind…if they do….they lose support and campaign contrib from the many in their corner who also want the lighthouse. I bet sometime in November we get the final no. Just not ready to do it before elections.

]]> By: KO21 http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2009/10/newsday-wang-source-project-not-abandonedmy-take-the-ldc-could-not-have-played-this-worse/#comment-102651 KO21 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:57:58 +0000 http://www.islanderspointblank.com/?p=16683#comment-102651 It was me who posted that link and mcElroys FB page. I was trying to make a point. It was me who posted that link and mcElroys FB page. I was trying to make a point.

]]> By: mikeinnc http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2009/10/newsday-wang-source-project-not-abandonedmy-take-the-ldc-could-not-have-played-this-worse/#comment-102643 mikeinnc Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:49:31 +0000 http://www.islanderspointblank.com/?p=16683#comment-102643 Geez, this political and NIMBY stuff is why I moved off Long Island. I still love the Islanders and went to the LA game the other day. The NVMC is a dump and deserves to be leveled. I can't believe someone wants to build the LH development with private funds and the losers in office are fighting this. Lucky for me I moved to North Carolina in 1996, one year later the Whaleres became the Hurricanes and we built a state of the art arena in THREE YEARS. BTW: we won the cup in 2006. Geez, this political and NIMBY stuff is why I moved off Long Island. I still love the Islanders and went to the LA game the other day. The NVMC is a dump and deserves to be leveled. I can’t believe someone wants to build the LH development with private funds and the losers in office are fighting this. Lucky for me I moved to North Carolina in 1996, one year later the Whaleres became the Hurricanes and we built a state of the art arena in THREE YEARS. BTW: we won the cup in 2006.

]]> By: Mike L http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2009/10/newsday-wang-source-project-not-abandonedmy-take-the-ldc-could-not-have-played-this-worse/#comment-102638 Mike L Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:44:34 +0000 http://www.islanderspointblank.com/?p=16683#comment-102638 Why do people say we dont deserve a team? If anything we have endured more than any other hockey fans. We had to deal with Spano, Maloney, Milbury, and I don't need to continue on with how many hardships we have had in the past 20 years. But in 01-02 When we made a great run, the crowds were louder than I've ever seen. This is one fanbase that is waiting and will one day be restored to the glory it once was. Why do people say we dont deserve a team? If anything we have endured more than any other hockey fans. We had to deal with Spano, Maloney, Milbury, and I don’t need to continue on with how many hardships we have had in the past 20 years. But in 01-02 When we made a great run, the crowds were louder than I’ve ever seen. This is one fanbase that is waiting and will one day be restored to the glory it once was.

]]> By: derek http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2009/10/newsday-wang-source-project-not-abandonedmy-take-the-ldc-could-not-have-played-this-worse/#comment-102624 derek Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:27:24 +0000 http://www.islanderspointblank.com/?p=16683#comment-102624 Mr Martino, #75 the writer of the piece in question. Nice to have you on board, maybe you can shed some more light on your article. Mr Martino, #75 the writer of the piece in question. Nice to have you on board, maybe you can shed some more light on your article.

]]> By: dose http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2009/10/newsday-wang-source-project-not-abandonedmy-take-the-ldc-could-not-have-played-this-worse/#comment-102622 dose Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:25:47 +0000 http://www.islanderspointblank.com/?p=16683#comment-102622 unless of course the brooklyn option somehow pans out. i think that is potential gold mine and bettman sees $$$ in it. unless of course the brooklyn option somehow pans out. i think that is potential gold mine and bettman sees $$$ in it.

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