DIC have pulled out (continued)

[The Glove]

So generally he's improving them?
I agree it's hard to judge considering the fact that there's a salary/spending cap in the NHL.

Well it looks like last season was their best for 10 years but its taken him 5 years to get to that. So if its the same here, we could well be playing catch up to Utd before his influence kicks in.

Maybe The other bloke has something to help Gillett along.

[kurtangle01]

He could do Kurt, but if he sacks Rafa he'd have to replace him with someone better.
At this moment in time, that's not very likely

Very true.

[kopdan]

nah

he'll see a team doing well in the league, under the managership of a guy who has won trophies. Parry and Moores will have bigged Rafa up plus the Americans will have done their own homework.

Rafa is safe until he ****s up

[Red Chilli]

THe other bloke, Hicks, formed a partnership with Ross Perot jnr ( ) and built the biggest hockey/basketball arena ever to the tune of 425 million dollars.

They did use 125 million of tax payers money though

[kurtangle01]

nah

he'll see a team doing well in the league, under the managership of a guy who has won trophies. Parry and Moores will have bigged Rafa up plus the Americans will have done their own homework.

Rafa is safe until he ****s up

You have reassured me. Thanks!

[Sir Bob]

kurt that makes no sense at all..the guy is not a muppet..he probalby met RAFA and saw what a great man he is so dont worry about that..**** mate yer gonna start a riot in a grave yard

Red mate, as you obviously know more about the bloke than most of us, will be happy to see Gillet at LFC, yes or no.

[Red Chilli]

Hicks and Ross Perot, Jr.
Together Hicks and Ross Perot, Jr. (chairman, CEO and director of Perot Systems Corp. and son of the former presidential candidate) created the most expensive hockey and basketball arena in U.S. history. The American Airlines Center cost $420 million; $125 million of that came from Dallas's taxpayers. This was soon after the Ballpark in Arlington was constructed and partially funded from tax-payer dollars. As an added incentive for constructing new arenas, franchise owners received $10 million bonuses. Hicks did see some money of this money from building the American Airlines Center for his Dallas Starts although he did not receive it from the newly constructed ballpark that houses his Texas Rangers (it was built before he made the purchase). Hicks also has interests in minor league baseball; he just built a new stadium in Frisco, and three entrepreneurs have filed a lawsuit against him for "freezing them" out of their interests in bringing a minor league team to Frisco.

Currently, Hicks and Perot, Jr. are working together in another business venture that coincides with this new arena. Hicks's company, Hicks, Muse, Tate, & Furst, Inc., and Perot's company, Hillwood Development Corporation, have joined forces to develop the land around the arena. In the private sector, Hicks frequently combines his corporate dealings with his personal relationships. As chairman of UTIMCO, Hicks continued this practice, leading to numerous conflicts of interest. For example, UTIMCO has $988,080 invested in Perot Systems Corporation as of March 2002 and $109,309 in Electronic Data Systems Corporation (which Perot Sr. founded) as of June 2003.

Sounds like he's got history with funding stadiums (stadia?)

[Dhav]

A post from someone on YNWA

i would choose DIC strictly from a marketing perspective... they would be able to create a global Liverpool brand, something I think Gillet will be unable to do or do ineffectively... this is from living in Canada my whole life and supporting the Canadiens for 20 years

[kopdan]

mmm Liverpool FC a world known brand or an Ice Hockey team i'd never heard of before along with probably the majority of the rest if Europe.

Completely different sports with completely different profiles

Anything else negative you want to find tonight?

[Dhav]

mmm Liverpool FC a world known brand or an Ice Hockey team i'd never heard of before along with probably the majority of the rest if Europe.

Completely different sports with completely different profiles

Anything else negative you want to find tonight?

Well RS said they are the most storied team in hockey, yet according to this poster on YNWA Gillett has been unable to raise their profile.

Anyway, the point is that not everyone shares RS' views on Gillett. Just food for thought

[kopdan]

but thats Ice Hockey

who gives a **** about that sport

[Fiddy]

I guess it is quite an achievement for him as an American to become so accepted by the Canadians. Fair enough.

But I dont see where he is going to come up with the cash to buy the shares, fund the stadium and back Rafa in the transfer market to the extent required to overtake Man U and Chelsea

Jesus lighten up, you're worse than AA at the moment

[desertscouser]

The thing is Dhavlos, in fairness, there will never be a global ice hockey brand. It's a ****e sport only watched in Canada, parts of the US and a few European countries. As a sport it has zero appeal to the rest of the world.

[Dhav]

but thats Ice Hockey

who gives a **** about that sport

Well did Gillett not sell himself to our board on the basis that he has a track record in running "sports franchises"?

[kopdan]

he's better equipped than DIC in that field however you sugar coat it mate.

He's not scared to spend according to 5 Live tonight.