QUOTE (BannedbyNYYFans.com @ May 19 2010, 01:00 PM)
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Well said.
When I was a little kid I thought it was all about players ("Yeah, we got Andre Dawson! He won an MVP!"). But when I grew up I realized that the owner was more important than the goalie, the QB, the point guard and the cleanup hitter. There is a reason why Boston has won 6 Championships this decade and if you think that the Gastons, the Yawkeys (Trust), and the Sullivans (yes I realize the Pats actually actually went from the Sullivans to Kiam to Orthwein before they got to Bob Kraft but you get the point) could/would have had as much success in the 2000s, you're crazy. You need competent owners who WANT IT and are willing to put that above everything else. That's why I love a guy like Mark Cuban. Yeah he's a douche and the Mavs still haven't won a championship, but you know right now he's in some bullshit meeting trying to figure out who to bring in that can get it done - regardless of the money, regardless of how it may shake things up.
It sounds simple, but I really don't think the Jacobs give a fuck. I don't care what anybody says.
ps - I realize that Paul Gaston won a title...but then he gave the team to his shit head son who started a 15 year drought and hired ML Carr...so what does that tell you
I think that were arguing two different issues. Jacobs is a businessman, not a fan. In that case, of course making the most profit he can is the objective. What I'm saying is, as a businessman, why would he be indifferent to the fact that the team losing a series that they should have won just cost him millions of dollars in profit. When the team does better, he makes more money. Personally, I don't care if he's emotionally involved in the team. I just want him to write the check for the $56.8 milllion cap, hire competent hockey people, & let them try to win a cup.
Edit: But don't get me wrong, I'd be tab dancing in my office right now if I was posting in the "Jacobs dead at 70, Son plans to sell team" thread.