Elias26 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Found this on ESPN... see .. they are not completely hopeless"Rob (Ottawa): Dear New Jersey, I apologize. I meant the NEW YORK ISLANDERS were a Mickey Mouse organization. Signed, Wayne Gretzky" Thanks Rob! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'7' Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Wang is like Bettman, not a hockey guy, but insists on being too involved in the management of his hockey club. The results are always disastrous. Wang is clueless Milbury is a hockey guy...but a bad one Trottier has already been proven to be inept Lafontaine has no front office experience Garth Snow? GM? They signed Mike Sillinger, Tom Poti, and Chris Simon? They couldn't sign Peca Nolan might be up to his old shenanigans talk about the worst offseason ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threestars Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Anyone know any Islanders fans? They may need a shoulder to cry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyk Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 The thread on the Isles board was 33 pages long within a very short amount of time and had 100+ users in it. I think they might be suicidal! It's too bad, I like the Isles. It all looks bad right now but who knows how things will play out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satans Hockey Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 The thread on the Isles board was 33 pages long within a very short amount of time and had 100+ users in it.I think they might be suicidal! It's too bad, I like the Isles. It all looks bad right now but who knows how things will play out. What Islanders board? I would love to read that lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyk Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 http://www.islandermania.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I heard the end of the Wong interview with Russo... he sounded like Kim Jong-Il from Team America Nice job by Russo too turning the screw mentiong the coach he wanted to get rid of was still shining the Cup too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satans Hockey Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 The Islanders better have a good record this season or the stands are going to be empty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepperkorn Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrdevil Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 (edited) And now Lafontaine has quit. Guess he didn't want to be associated with mess of a system. http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=171665&hubname= Edited July 19, 2006 by jkrdevil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annabelle Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 That is crazy, absolutely nuts! Obviously that owner does not know much about the game, just because you can build computers does not mean you can run a hockey team. They can keep making stupid moves, it's all good with me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 And now Lafontaine has quit. Guess he didn't want to be associated with mess of a system.http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=171665&hubname= My god, I didn't think it was possible to be worse-run than the Knicks but I may have to re-think that assessment. Good for LaFontaine, he jumped off the Titanic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 To quote a semi-famous movie this is bad comedy but man SO FUN TO WATCH !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyFan42 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I can't decide what's a better theme song for today, Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" or that blasted Celine Dion song from Titanic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devildude Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I can't decide what's a better theme song for today, Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" or that blasted Celine Dion song from Titanic. PETTY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsdude530 Posted July 19, 2006 Author Share Posted July 19, 2006 Petty's too much of a Jersey guilty pleasure to be used for the guys on Long Island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRASHER Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 For anyone who has not had the joy of this interview: http://wfan.com/homepage/local_audioclip_199182958.html Fun times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devildude Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Petty's too much of a Jersey guilty pleasure to be used for the guys on Long Island. Fine... give them the damn Titanic song.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyk Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Ya know, I bet Nolan wants to quit too but is too afraid he'll never get another NHL job again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek21 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 From my blog: -When the news came down yesterday about Neil Smith already being out as Isles' GM, it wasn't surprising. All you had to do was look at how off the wall team owner Charles Wang is. Who hires both the coach and GM and even brings in reinforcements on the same day? This man is delusional. He has no clue how to run a professional franchise. Somehow, Wang has done the impossible by making MSG boss James Dolan look sane. How do you run an organization by committee? This just doesn't happen. The less voices, the better. -It gets even better. Wang somehow decided on former backup netminder Garth Snow as Smith's replacement. Snow has no experience and still has two years left on his contract as a player. In the world of remarkably absurd, the new Isles' GM can't get rid of his $750,000 a year salary off the cap. To top it off, Pat Lafontaine resigned immediately following a ridiculous press conference in which the clueless owner tried to explain his laughable policy. Is this The Twilight Zone? This can't really be happening. Or can it? Only in the bizarre world of today's owners who have no business running sports teams. What you see with Wang will continue to become more common. Scary thought indeed. Only the Islanders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satans Hockey Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 (edited) For anyone who has not had the joy of this interview:http://wfan.com/homepage/local_audioclip_199182958.html Fun times Holy sh!t what a moron. I dont blame Neil for not wanting to follow this guys way of thinking. Edited July 19, 2006 by Satans Hockey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Mac Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Joe, have you talked to Gary? Is he out on the ledge yet??? Gary is the one who informed me of this yesterday. He's not on the ledge, and he is staying on Titanic while it sinks. The funny story is this, my writer Brian is on vacation in Newport, RI [and made his editor very happy by giving me an article on Gabriela Sabatini going into the Tennis Hall. I got to put up a Gabby picture yesterday. Made me very happy. Derek why can't you be that forethinking?] Anyway I digress. He calls me yesterday seeing the article about this and thought I was pulling an some sort of joke. Then he saw the news on the Isles website and couldn't believe it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOTCB Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 The only thing that I can say about today's events with the Isles is this......history was made, a GM now has money counting against the cap under his OWN NAME!!!! PRICELESS!!!! HAHAHAHAHA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 For anyone who has not had the joy of this interview:http://wfan.com/homepage/local_audioclip_199182958.html Thanks Crash. I couldn't stop laughing. He wants every decision made by a board. I can just imagine trade deadline day. *calls Nashville* "Is Kariya available?" "Only for Satan" "Okay, we've got to discuss it with the board... call you back in 2 hours." Oi. So much for Wang's "What better way to learn to be a good GM when you are surrounded by good hockey people like Pat Lafontaine?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrydevil Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I caught most of the Wang interview on WFAN, and could not believe how out to lunch this guy is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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