Still MIGHTY
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Many home teams (not sure about the NHL/city-funded Coyotes) offer hotel rooms that are walking distance from the arena for players that wish to take their mid-day naps on game days there instead of driving home after the morning skate. There were a couple times where I almost ran over Thrasher players that were crossing the street (albeit, at times when they weren't supposed to be crossing)...
The Thrashers (at least, before Bob Hartley took over) had their morning skate at the practice facility instead of at Philips Arena.
There are two hotels in the same parking lot as the arena, so I'm sure if they wanted to, they could make the accommodations to put them up there if they really wanted to. I guess it'd be interesting to also look into what teams do that and where the practice rink is located compared to the arena in relation to where the players lived. What was the Thrashers situation in that regard?
Ever since the Coyotes moved to Phoenix in the first place, the players have almost all lived in Scottsdale or at least that side of the Valley. I don't know why they didn't do this when the arena was build in Glendale in the first place if it was that much of an inconvenience or, as they players/coaches said, an advantage.
I know that moving the morning skate rink site is a small thing, but it brings back the point. I wonder if this whole mess would have ultimately been avoided if they built the arena in Scottsdale like they were originally supposed to. Closer to the players, coaches, management, "hockey-type" fans, downtown Phoenix, airport, etc. Or if it was just never going to work in the first place? Hypotheticals, I know, but it's interesting to at least throw around.
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Holy Christ... I was perusing the Coyotes website for tonight's attendance vs Chicago (11,051, btw), and I found an article today about the Coyotes changing the location of their morning skate from Jobing.com Arena in Glendale to their practice rink, Ice Den, in Scottsdale.
The Coyotes on Tuesday altered their game day routine from recent past seasons by holding their morning skate at the Ice Den in Scottsdale instead of at Jobing.com Arena.Since the players live closer to the Ice Den than Jobing.com Arena, the thinking is it may be wiser to have them make the 65-mile round-trip from Scottsdale to Glendale only once instead of twice on game days.
“We just feel like we could accomplish more right here,” Head Coach Dave Tippett said from the Ice Den on Tuesday. “We’re always looking to try and move ahead and get better, and this is just something we’re going to try this year for a little bit.”
The players like the idea.
“I think it’s great,” forward Paul Bissonnette said. “It’s extremely more convenient in terms of travel and rest time. It’s a good routine.”
Coyotes captain Shane Doan likes the fact that the schedule is looser at the Ice Den and that there isn’t a rush to get off the ice so the other team can get on.
“You're always trying to find any advantage possible and if this gives us an advantage than I’m the biggest fan of it,” Doan said. “I do think it is an advantage (in theory), but the proof will be in the pudding.”
The Coyotes lost Tuesday's game to Chicago, 5-2.
1) The players don't even like driving out there, apparently.
2) Shut up, Shane.
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So, even though it's one block farther away, you can park for free for Arizona Cardinals games?
You know what I hadn't ever noticed or not, but I just looked it up on the Cardinals website. The parking lots around the Westgate Center are parking lots that you need a pass for. Season ticket holders get a pass and you can buy a pass for the game. But then it looks like there are some parts of the Westgate lots that aren't part of the parking pass area. (A majority of it is pass areas though.)
I've never really paid attention to all that part though, because I just drive by it when going to Cardinals games. My family has season tickets, so we have the parking passes.
There are some free lots not that much farther away that the Cardinals provide a shuttle service for too.
But really from what I can see, basically the entire Westgate area is practically made into a Cardinals pre-game area. In theory if there was someone who wanted to go see a movie or shop there or whatever during a Cardinals game (there are some people that DON'T like sports
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Also, because I know you all are interested in these things, I went to the Jets/Coyotes game on Saturday, and parking is still free. And as long as you don't turn down the "streets" that funnel you to the hockey parking lot, then you can park right next to the movie theaters and such.
Even if the Yotes started to charge for parking, people would either go across the street to Cabela's/Cracker Barrel or just park next to the movie theaters. Unless they want you to pay to park for the freaking movie theater.
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Yeah you can't see them in the picture there, but there are condo/apartments there.
The complex is called Pillar at Westgate, if you're really interested in looking it up.
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Didn't see a better place to ask this.
Every time I click the button to go to the first unread post in the College Football uniforms thread in Sports Logos, I am always taken to the last post in the entire thread, no matter what I actually looked at last. It only happens in that thread.
I don't know if this is just a weird isolated problem with me, or if it's an issue with that thread. Just thought I'd point it out to see if there's anything about it.
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Brees
Eh, not really.
Yeah he's obviously had a ton of success in New Orleans, but I personally think it's still a little weird to see him in a Saints uniform sometimes.
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I think Mizzou is a bit of a stretch for the SEC on this one. But who knows, we're going to live in a world where TCU is in the Big East, and we have lived with Louisiana Tech playing in the same conference as Hawaii.
Before I actually started to pay attention to college football (like 10 years ago or middle school), I had always thought Clemson was an SEC school just by their program, vibe, and all that jazz. Florida State is almost like that too. Both school's biggest rival is already in the SEC (South Carolina and Florida). I think those two work way better in the SEC's mold than Mizzou would, or even more than A&M would but that's past that point. The only downside of Clemson and FSU is that they are already within the SEC footprint. I don't know what else that brings to the SEC other than ANOTHER rivalry or evening up the conference/divisions.
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I don't really understand it. They got swept out by the Red Wings. They lost their franchise goaltender. They're going to be worse than last year.
But this is a good thing for Coyotes fans. Now those tickets sold need to actually show up, but it's a good thing. It shows some improvement. It gives the NHL more reason to try and keep the team there.
The problem for the relocation advocates is that this gives Gary Bettman another crutch to lean on. Bettman can point to the increase in ticket numbers as the strength of the market and draw this out a little longer despite the financial losses.
If this shows someone that the Coyotes are a good investment and a deal gets done to keep them here. Great.
If this doesn't really matter, and the Coyotes are still a sink hole that someone buys to bring to greener pastures. Great.
Just get this over with.
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To go along with the last two:
More Kariya (plus a 2-fer):
More Teemu:
And this isn't a wrong uniform, but the wrong number on that uniform:
(When Teemu came back to the Ducks, Fredrik Oluasson had #8, and Teemu let him keep it for the one year)
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Depends.
How long can Glendale afford to write a yearly $25,000,000.00 check?
Until 2008.
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I haven't gotten around to reading all the threads today, and that thread's title doesn't exactly explain what it's talking about. So I missed it. Sorry.
Merge/Delete/Graveyard/Whatever you want to do. I felt this thread name went along with the continuing story better anyways.
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The best part is that the article says that Hulsizer is still interested in buying an NHL franchise.
Who wants to put money down that Hulsizer ends up buying the Panthers/Blue Jackets and doing whatever he may please with them before the Coyotes ever leave Phoenix?
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I figured that since what was originally the Coyotes thread merged with the Thrashers thread and is now the Jets thread, this needed a new place for uncluttered discussion.
Hulzier ends bid to buy Coyotes
For the sake of everything, either move the team or blow it up. Nobody wants them or thinks that it' worth the hassle to buy them. Just ridiculous.
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Most efficient format distance wise I can come up with under current MLB scheduling.
72 games played in your own division, 144 in your own league, 18 outside. Total milledge for this would be 1266195
American League
Midwest Division
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Chicago Cubs
Kansas City Royals
Milwaukee Brewers
Minnesota Twins
St. Louis Cardinals
Mountain Division
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Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
Houston Astros
Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers
Pacific/California Division
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LA Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Dodgers
Oakland Athletics
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
National League
Atlantic Division
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Boston Red Sox
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
Toronto Blue Jays
Great Lakes
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Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Tigers
Detroit Tigers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Southeast
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Atlanta Braves
Baltimore Orioles
Florida Marlins
Tampa Bay Rays
Washington Nationals
Willing to do others if people give me scheduling formats to work with.
Geographically, the Mariners get royally screwed.
Financially/competitively, the Blue Jays get royally screwed.
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So every American team is at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to winning the Stanley Cup?
Yeah, I don't think so.
Canada doesn't NEED a yearly participant. They EARN it just like everybody else.
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Breaking News (yes i'm bring back the month league) In a blockbuster trade, December has traded Christmas to November for Thanksgiving a 1st round draft pick and 5 unnamed prospects
Dude, you weren't even around here when that happened.
I read through it and deciphered the system of it, the minor league affiliates and everything
Too bad that joke ran it's course. It hasn't even been brought up for months, and that's for a reason.
You're trying too hard.
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So for the playoffs, would the AL have the only Wild Card?
And Cleveland in the Central when it's farther East than East division Detroit?
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Texas State had the plan to move up and expand their North End Zone a decade ago when Jim Wacker was still alive and was a part of their 2006 Master Plan. The project got approval in September for RFPs. Texas State will have their student athletic fee cap out in 2015. Students voted to increase their fees from 2008-2015 to assist with a move to FBS football. Student fees will account for 50% of their budget (that's outrageously high).
As far as Sac State, the California budget issues will continue to hamper their efforts as enrollment will stagnate or even lower. On Wednesday the CSU System voted to increase fees (aka tuition) again. The tuition increase would be implemented in two steps. The first bump would be a 5 percent mid-academic year increase ? or $105 per semester for undergraduate students ? that would take effect Jan. 1 for the winter/spring terms. Tuition would rise to $2,220 from $2,115 for the spring semester for full-time undergraduate students.
The second bump would be a 10 percent annual hike of $444 for undergrads. Undergraduate tuition would rise to $4,884 from $4,440 per year, starting in fall 2011.
In a nutshell, it is 3x more expensive to attend a CSU school than it was in 2000.
Exactly the reasons I went to Arizona State. The UCs are even worse. In-State UC tuition is more than Out-of-State ASU tuition. Absolutely ridiculous. Love my home state, but the financial and political situations are just cluster
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Lastest rumor: The Big East Seriously Looking at TCU
Yeah... Because that makes sense
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FWIW, Most NHL championship banners I've seen say "Stanley Cup Champions," and I've also seen many "Super Bowl Champions" banners (but like BBTV said, the NFL is the only major American football league, and therefore "World Champions" applies).
MLB and NBA really proliferate the World Champions thing. Although I've seen a few "World Series Champions" things before.
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Current Rumored Big Ten Divisions. Division names mine.
Big Ten-ish North-ish
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Northwestern
Iowa
Nebraska
Big Ten-ish South-ish
Illinois
Indiana
Purdue
Ohio State
Penn State
Wisconsin
FYP
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More Blackhawks in replicas.
Had he been wearing an authentic, the falls wouldn't have got him as drenched
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Big 10 --> Big 12
Big XII --> Big X
Pac-10 --> Pac-11 or Pac-12
Done
), it looks like they probably just wouldn't be able to. Practically blocked off. It's only for 10 Sundays a year, so that's obviously much more manageable than 41 Coyotes dates.
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NHL Anti-Thread: Bad Business Decision Aggregator
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Stars are going to have to still be winning. A hot start is nice, but if they can't carry it over once all these "distractions" are gone, then the'll be up a creek reeeeaaaalllll quick.