Sign In »
Register Now!
Help
As a longtime Blackhawks fan, I can't help but feel a little bit relieved. Perhaps the Hawks can finally come into the 20th century.
The Bruins may have had some bad times lately, but Wirtz was by far the worst owner in sports. Hopefully the Original Six can start to come back now.
Page 1 of 1
Dollar Bill Wirtz dead at 77
#1
- Group: SoSH Lifetime
- Posts: 2,965
- Joined: 15-July 05
Posted 26 September 2007 - 07:39 AM
"The most irritating thing about the human mind is its pathological need to waste energy arguing about things it cannot change and which it has no choice but to accept.
" - Maalox
" - Maalox
#2
- impossible to put on ignore, suckers
-
- Group: Dope
- Posts: 16,670
- Joined: 20-May 03
Posted 26 September 2007 - 07:46 AM
Finally.
Fuck Bill Wirtz. Fuck him mightily. He makes Jeremy Jacobs look like Santa Claus. Maybe the Hawks will actually broadcast their home games on TV now.
Fuck Bill Wirtz. Fuck him mightily. He makes Jeremy Jacobs look like Santa Claus. Maybe the Hawks will actually broadcast their home games on TV now.
DotB: "Have you not met the Skrub? Women want him, men want to be him, and of course, tranny hookers choose both. He's a rolling party of frollicking fun. The man makes HRB look like a 13 year old fumbling with a bra strap for the first time."
"I was introduced to cocaine in 1973. So from 1973-80, I was taking Dexedrine, Benzedrine, Darvons, sleeping pills, smoking dope, drinking beer, doing cocaine, and chasing women, and I never played a day without it.’’ - Bernie Carbo
"I was introduced to cocaine in 1973. So from 1973-80, I was taking Dexedrine, Benzedrine, Darvons, sleeping pills, smoking dope, drinking beer, doing cocaine, and chasing women, and I never played a day without it.’’ - Bernie Carbo
#3
- On a Frantastic Voyage
-
- Group: SoSH Supporter
- Posts: 8,387
- Joined: 12-December 04
Posted 26 September 2007 - 07:52 AM
I remember being absolutely dumbfounded when I heard of some of Wirtz' policies like the broadcasting contract (or lack thereof). With some excellent young players like Kane, Toews, Barker, Keith, Ruutu and Havlat, I think the future's much, much brighter for the Hawks. Good riddance.
"Where do you want it?" - Michael Ryder
"All CC wants to do is prove to people how smart he is and bang plus sized women." - Salem's Lot
"Afghanistan is one of those places that I have no desire whatsoever to visit." - Haunted
"All CC wants to do is prove to people how smart he is and bang plus sized women." - Salem's Lot
"Afghanistan is one of those places that I have no desire whatsoever to visit." - Haunted
#4
- stupidity monitor
-
- Group: SoSH Premiere Member
- Posts: 6,845
- Joined: 27-July 01
Posted 26 September 2007 - 08:13 AM
Very good news for Blackhawk fans and hockey fans in general. Wirtz was part of the good old boy network that treated the league like their own personal fiefdom. And he was so damn cheap, he'd squeeze a nickle til the buffalo shat.
This post has been edited by Nuf Ced: 26 September 2007 - 08:49 AM
"Let there be joy in baseball again, like in the days when Babe Ruth chased an enemy sportswriter down the streets of Boston and ended up getting drunk with him on the waterfront and came back the next day munching on hot dogs and boomed home runs to the glory of God."-- Jack Kerouac, 1959
#5
- impossible to put on ignore, suckers
-
- Group: Dope
- Posts: 16,670
- Joined: 20-May 03
Posted 26 September 2007 - 08:15 AM
Let's not forget that Wirtz was the key mover and shaker that allowed Alan Eagleson to run the NFLPA like a small time mafia family.
There's probably no one on this earth who's sad Wirtz is dead, which is probably the most telling thing about the man.
There's probably no one on this earth who's sad Wirtz is dead, which is probably the most telling thing about the man.
DotB: "Have you not met the Skrub? Women want him, men want to be him, and of course, tranny hookers choose both. He's a rolling party of frollicking fun. The man makes HRB look like a 13 year old fumbling with a bra strap for the first time."
"I was introduced to cocaine in 1973. So from 1973-80, I was taking Dexedrine, Benzedrine, Darvons, sleeping pills, smoking dope, drinking beer, doing cocaine, and chasing women, and I never played a day without it.’’ - Bernie Carbo
"I was introduced to cocaine in 1973. So from 1973-80, I was taking Dexedrine, Benzedrine, Darvons, sleeping pills, smoking dope, drinking beer, doing cocaine, and chasing women, and I never played a day without it.’’ - Bernie Carbo
#6
- Group: NEW Unsubscribed User
- Posts: 3,185
- Joined: 02-December 06
Posted 26 September 2007 - 07:11 PM
So does this mean that I can see Hawks home games now?
"If the Bruins are able to win the Cup, it will obliterate all of them. I've always played hockey, I've always loved hockey, some of my fondest memories in life involve hockey.
I can't imagine how it would feel, or what I would do...but it would be cataclysmic.
I want to find out what it's like."
---TSC
I can't imagine how it would feel, or what I would do...but it would be cataclysmic.
I want to find out what it's like."
---TSC
#7
- stupidity monitor
-
- Group: SoSH Premiere Member
- Posts: 6,845
- Joined: 27-July 01
Posted 26 September 2007 - 07:45 PM
rumor has it that the funeral will be televised nationally, but blacked out in chicago 
"Let there be joy in baseball again, like in the days when Babe Ruth chased an enemy sportswriter down the streets of Boston and ended up getting drunk with him on the waterfront and came back the next day munching on hot dogs and boomed home runs to the glory of God."-- Jack Kerouac, 1959
#8
- chapeau rose
-
- Group: SoSH Unsubscribed Member
- Posts: 12,750
- Joined: 07-February 03
Posted 26 September 2007 - 07:57 PM
People who care about hockey are doing cartwheels now.
Wirtz dead + sale of team = hockey fans in Chicago = major big market boost for the NHL. The NHL might actually pull a 1 now!
Wirtz dead + sale of team = hockey fans in Chicago = major big market boost for the NHL. The NHL might actually pull a 1 now!
This post has been edited by Spacemans Bong: 26 September 2007 - 07:57 PM
There's nothing out there, all that's there is sea, and birds, and fish...and 20,000 tons of crude oil...and a fire...and the part of the ship that the front fell off, but there's nothing else out there.
#9
- SoSH Member
-
- Group: SoSH Unsubscribed Member
- Posts: 7,379
- Joined: 01-August 01
Posted 26 September 2007 - 09:17 PM
I usually believe that it's always sad on some level when some non-violent person dies, but I am having a hard time finding the sad part with this one. I'm sure some of his family members will miss him, maybe some of the people he worked with too. Yet surely the good will outweigh that.
This alone won't fix the Hawks, but he opportunity is now there.
This alone won't fix the Hawks, but he opportunity is now there.
This post has been edited by The Gray Eagle: 26 September 2007 - 09:19 PM
#10
- Group: Lurker
- Posts: 130
- Joined: 26-July 07
Posted 26 September 2007 - 09:29 PM
Denis Savard is doing the Spin-o-Rama, and Al Secord went out and pounded someone in celebration.
When it comes to running a franchise, he made Paul Gaston look like Robert Kraft.
When it comes to running a franchise, he made Paul Gaston look like Robert Kraft.
-------------------------------------------
"Out of what, a thousand?"
Mickey Rivers, responding to teammate Reggie Jackson's claim he had an IQ of 160.
"Out of what, a thousand?"
Mickey Rivers, responding to teammate Reggie Jackson's claim he had an IQ of 160.
Share this topic:
Page 1 of 1