Fatty Liver Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said: Doesn't give the vibe of someone with a lot of time left? Are you a some kind of a physician who can diagnose a fatal acondition watching a tv screen? ? Or just a general ageism comment? Have people already forgotten the old man that bought the Als then dropped dead within a few months? Left the team to his idiot son-in-law Gary Stern who convinced him to buy the team in the first place and who was consequently restricted by the shareholders from involvement with the team. I think within 6 months the Als were back under CFL control. https://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/cfl-takes-over-montreal-alouettes-ownership rebusrankin and Bigblue204 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gail Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said: Have people already forgotten the old man that bought the Als then dropped dead within a few months? Left the team to his idiot son-in-law Gary Stern who convinced him to buy the team in the first place and who was consequently restricted by the shareholders from involvement with the team. I think within 6 months the Als were back under CFL control. https://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/cfl-takes-over-montreal-alouettes-ownership Sid Speigel is the old guy who bought the Als and dropped dead. Howver he was 89 or 90 years old when he did. Edited August 18 by Gail Wrong format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedFlex27 Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 2 hours ago, Fatty Liver said: Have people already forgotten the old man that bought the Als then dropped dead within a few months? Left the team to his idiot son-in-law Gary Stern who convinced him to buy the team in the first place and who was consequently restricted by the shareholders from involvement with the team. I think within 6 months the Als were back under CFL control. https://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/cfl-takes-over-montreal-alouettes-ownership Have you forgotten that Spiegel was 15 years older than the new owner in Edmonton? 4 hours ago, Squeakers and Skippy said: He looks his age So? Bigblue204 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedFlex27 Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 Love how some of the same people who are absolutely bent with the thought that the Elks may change their name back to Eskimos are the same ones who are just as prejudiced towards older people as the ones who hate the name Eskimos. The many posters here are indeed hypocrites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedFlex27 Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 I don't understand the Tiger Cats. They have talent & can't win. I just don't get it. JohnnyAbonny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Khari Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 4 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said: I don't understand the Tiger Cats. They have talent & can't win. I just don't get it. Not enough talent and the coaching is far from top notch despite all the preseason hype about the head coach … Bigblue204 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H. Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 6 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said: The many posters here are indeed hypocrites. The many? Interesting conclusion. Piggy 1, JohnnyAbonny, IC Khari and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 7 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said: Love how some of the same people who are absolutely bent with the thought that the Elks may change their name back to Eskimos are the same ones who are just as prejudiced towards older people as the ones who hate the name Eskimos. The many posters here are indeed hypocrites. Ok boomer Noeller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigblue204 Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 3 hours ago, IC Khari said: Not enough talent and the coaching is far from top notch despite all the preseason hype about the head coach … Milanovich has more hype than Chris Jones with less accolades. He was never going to be successful, he's not a HC. 14 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said: That Edmonton owner is 64 going on 85. Looks old as hell. I honestly didn't think he looked that old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeller Posted August 18 Author Report Share Posted August 18 13 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said: Milanovich has more hype than Chris Jones with less accolades. He was never going to be successful, he's not a HC. I honestly didn't think he looked that old. I thought he looked and spoke like he had one foot in the grave. Compare that to someone like Caretaker Bob, who's also a very old man, but seems to have a vim and vigor and is extremely well spoken. Never mind someone like Doman in BC, who feels like a teenager compared to those other two... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuranBoldenRules Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 64 and didn’t seem overly interested, prepared or articulate. Very low energy…and he’s watching a game where his team is taking the piss out of the other team. Will be interesting to see how it all plays out. Even in good times running a CFL team is basically a break even operation. Edmonton doesn’t have a shot at the same revenues WFC does just based on facility and facility management. They need a stadium. Think it’s fair to question anybody putting their own money forward on their commitment based on these realities. Best case scenario he puts the right people in charge and is basically out of the public eye. Noeller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Fresco Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 We're so quick to judge based on appearances. Maybe he's just not accustomed to being interviewed on a national TV broadcast. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/cfl-s-edmonton-elks-announce-alberta-businessman-larry-thompson-new-owner-1.7295612 Per this article, He is a life long fan of the team and a season ticket holder since 1972. Also .. "There's no doubt that Larry's more comfortable on a road-building project, or working on his hobby with his antique cars and motorcycles, or actually sitting here as a fan in row one. But now he's the owner of a CFL franchise." Bigblue204 and SpeedFlex27 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuranBoldenRules Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 15 minutes ago, Tony Fresco said: We're so quick to judge based on appearances. Maybe he's just not accustomed to being interviewed on a national TV broadcast. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/cfl-s-edmonton-elks-announce-alberta-businessman-larry-thompson-new-owner-1.7295612 Per this article, He is a life long fan of the team and a season ticket holder since 1972. Also .. "There's no doubt that Larry's more comfortable on a road-building project, or working on his hobby with his antique cars and motorcycles, or actually sitting here as a fan in row one. But now he's the owner of a CFL franchise." Yeah...the also part doesn't exactly inspire. It's a big commitment. Feels like they had to find somebody and he's the first person who agreed. Depth of his commitment to being "the owner of a CFL franchise" will be tested significantly in the next 18 months or so. Even the guy who basically drafted him to own the team acknowledges he's not really that interested. It's a significantly uphill climb to get government support for a sports facility especially in that province. Just took the beloved NHL Flames over a decade to get anything actually moving. Doesn't seem like the guy to get it done. Noeller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Fresco Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 30 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said: Yeah...the also part doesn't exactly inspire. It's a big commitment. Feels like they had to find somebody and he's the first person who agreed. Depth of his commitment to being "the owner of a CFL franchise" will be tested significantly in the next 18 months or so. Even the guy who basically drafted him to own the team acknowledges he's not really that interested. It's a significantly uphill climb to get government support for a sports facility especially in that province. Just took the beloved NHL Flames over a decade to get anything actually moving. Doesn't seem like the guy to get it done. Sure. I'm not saying he's the saviour. We do know he ran a successful business for decades, and was able to sell it to have enough capital to take this on. Likely deserves a chance to be judged on his actions and results rather than a 60 second video clip. SpeedFlex27, coach17 and Bigblue204 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Black Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 Thompson actions will speak louder than words. Tony Fresco 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty Liver Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 Jumping Jehoshaphat the CFL now has their own real life Montgomery Burns! AB BomberFan, Noeller and Rod Black 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 1 hour ago, Tony Fresco said: We do know he ran a successful business for decades, and was able to sell it to have enough capital to take this on. I've known/know more than a few Albertans run successful construction businesses.... not all of them are brilliant business people. This guy we will wait and see but running a successful business isn't in and of itself an indicator of your ability to run a different type of business. Noeller and JCon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booch Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 39 minutes ago, 17to85 said: I've known/know more than a few Albertans run successful construction businesses.... not all of them are brilliant business people. This guy we will wait and see but running a successful business isn't in and of itself an indicator of your ability to run a different type of business. Unless he has had the know how to put the right people in place for it to be successful..and thinking that may be case here...and he will get good guidance to doing that and just hold the purse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 53 minutes ago, Booch said: Unless he has had the know how to put the right people in place for it to be successful..and thinking that may be case here...and he will get good guidance to doing that and just hold the purse Too many guys have a successful construction business in Alberta by underpaying workers and cutting other corners so they can sneak a low bid in and still make some money. That'd be my concern because that doesn't work in pro sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Black Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 I know a lot of people that have never run a successful construction business comment on how to run a successful construction business. I know people that run a successful construction business. Their comments don’t match the “never run” crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyAbonny Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 I know people who have ran unsuccessful construction businesses. Rod Black 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Black Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 11 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said: I know people who have ran unsuccessful construction businesses. I ran from people that know unsuccessful construction businesses. bearpants and JohnnyAbonny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeller Posted August 18 Author Report Share Posted August 18 17to85 and I know a guy who owns a construction company and I broke his basement window with a hockey puck and he was kind enough to only charge me for parts and not labour on the replacement..... ....am I contributing properly, here....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 BLM don’t get along well with Powell it seems. Which is funny cuz a BM requires TP after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedFlex27 Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 15 hours ago, 17to85 said: Ok boomer Yeah, proud of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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