DG_ThenNowForever

I think the admiral is wasting his talents here. Your country needs you. I want a cynical but poignant tumble blog asap.

LOL, man its different seeing the stuff in real life. the jerseys hanging in the windows of Nationwide Arena and the logos all over town. the identity just works great everywhere. and since im not really a hockey fan at all, im allowed to say its best in the league, so there!

I think this is actually key. Most jerseys I've seen look significantly better in person, especially the on-field or on-court authentics. Even with HDTV, uniform colors and materials don't translate as well through the television; you really have to see them to appreciate their quality.

http://boards.sports...ack-in-the-game

A classic thread. Poke around and notice how things have and haven't changed. There were more pro-Coyotes people in May 2009 than there are now.

"What a tool. I'm mocking you! You don't dare mess with a Christian."

And that's only page 2!

Just curious: are the problems we're noting CCSLC problems or board software problems? I'm wondering how board software can possibly keep up with rapidly changing browser development, or if it's browsers that are breaking things.

when compared to this guy:

And sad to say these too:

Seattle trails Quebec City in every metric you could use to determine where the NHL should go next, except the ever-important "not being Canadian" metric, where Seattle holds a commanding infinity-to-nothing lead.

Quebec City is a market guaranteed to support hockey and support it well. Seattle is a market that has heretofore shown ambivalent interest in an NHL franchise and may well be too tapped to do so (NFL/MLB/MLS/NBA/NCAAF/NCAAM is A LOT!).

The NHL is stupid, so.

Don Levin, owner of the American Hockey League's Chicago Wolves, has expressed an interest in owning a Seattle-based National Hockey League franchise.

Initially, Levin was focused on owning an NHL team that would operate out of a proposed arena in Bellevue, Washington. However, he has since made it known that he would be open to setting-up shop in Chris Hansen's proposed Seattle arena.

In February of last year, Levin told the Globe and Mail: "If he's successful, I'd be very happy to be involved. I told [Hansen] if he has something put together I would be interested."

That's not what he told the Seattle Times this week:

Don Levin, a Chicago businessman and minor-league hockey team owner who has said he would be interested in helping bring the NHL to Seattle, said Monday he is not currently involved in any efforts to procure a team to play in the new arena, or anywhere else.

Levin said he had been in contact with potential developers of an arena in Bellevue but said Monday, "Bellevue has bailed. What we thought was a deal didn't happen. So I am nowhere."

Levin said he was informed of that news in an email last week.

He said he would remain interested in helping Hansen get a team, but said, "I have had no (recent) contact with Chris. He has probably worked with some other people."

Hansen has said he would not want to own an NHL team but would help facilitate efforts to bring one to Seattle.

"When I spoke to him at some point in the past, he said there were other people interested, so I'm sure he is (pursuing a team with other owners)," Levin said

So I guess investors that want to move the team north of the border should be able to soon? Or is there more red tape that needs to be cleared with before that?

Now that Seattle is back in play, thereby giving Bettman another US market to fall back on, the odds of the Coyotes ending up in Quebec probably just dropped by an order of magnitude.

Depends on if there's a willing ownership group there.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Hansen willing? Or did he just want a team to move into his new arena?

I'm not 100% on that. There were a couple potential Seattle ownership groups before Hansen emerged, and some said that they had no interest in NHL hockey. Hansen, if I remember correctly, said he was open to it, but he wasn't willing to bring in NHL hockey before landing an NBA team.

Which isn't the most ringing endorsement one could hope for.

At one point, the city wouldn't allow the arena to move forward unless it had both an NBA and NHL team on board. Then everyone realized that no one gives a about the NHL (and I mean that in the best way), and common sense moved forward.

Weird. Must be a browser-specific thing. I don't see it.

I'm on Windows Phone 8 which uses Internet Explorer 10. On my phone, the site always loads the full version and I can't find an option to load the mobile one. Am I overlooking something?

Also, Notre Dame. I don't want them in the Big Ten-they wreck every league they are in solely because they are hellbent on looking out for themselves alone; their loyalties within the league would always be suspect; and they make unreasonable demands that would instantly cause the league to fly apart.

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.

Hint: In this modern college landscape, every school is looking out for themselves. No one wants to be left behind in the also-ran conferences that will exist when the dust settles. Notre Dame is no different than any other school that's not tied down in this regard.

To a point. If you're already in one of the safe power leagues, you are going to feel a decent amount of loyalty to the overall institution and marching to the same drummer. Unless you're Notre Dame that is. The Irish would want too many breaks for that to work out.

Just curious -- what are the safe leagues? By my count, it's Big Ten and SEC, and maybe the Pac-##. If you're in the Big XII and ACC, it seems like there's a very good chance you're not feeling too confident of the long-term health of your league.

The ACC looked like a megaconference when VT, Miami and BC made the jump a few years back. Now, they're next after the Big East in one-time powers to be dissolved.

And that's to say nothing of how much this is screwing college basketball (among other sports)...

College football ruins everything.

My Dad has NY Jets season tickets...a season or two ago I taught him how to spot fakes, became our source of entertainment when the football sucks. Dont have a problem with people who buy them but it is fun to spot them.

Maybe the NFL should embrace counterfeits after all. They're struggling to keep people in the stadiums and away from their TVs -- why not hand out counterfeit bingo cards when you enter?

The main site looks heavily influenced by mobile. Is that what's served up if you have an iPad? It seems better optimized for touch.

I wish the thread name showed up in the tab instead of "SportsLogos.Net" forum. Otherwise, it's fine.

Any idea if we can do an easier pay/donate option?

Great jersey.

Are we so far through the looking glass that this piece of garbage is now kitsch?

I got old

I wonder if the opposition was stilted by the fact that no one gives a damn about hockey in Glendale. If people can't be bothered to show up to games, clearly they can't be bothered to sign a petition. And knowing nothing about Glendale, is there even some kind of town square where Glendalians can be gathered to sign stuff? Do you pass the petition around at church? Do you stand at Westgate outside of the Rainforest Cafe?

As long as we're posting Cavs uniforms we like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg7fAqQizDA

I saw that and then saw this;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX51WDlMehY&feature=related

I wonder what goes on in your life that you need to go and pick fights with strangers. And no one seemed surprised either.

Someone call the National Guard.

That's what happening right now. Jamison is Hulsizer. Hulsizer is Jamison. The deep playoff run merely serves to make the timing of the inevitable sale collapse less suspicious looking. The Phoenix Coyotes will exist come October 2012. I'll lay actual money on that, as opposed to whatever Glendale's gambling with nowadays.

The collective future of Glendale children is your answer. Not sure the exact dollar value on that, but it's likely $25 million less than it was a year ago.

Remember Kordell Stewart on the Bears? He looked like this most of the time:

Don't stop there - it was just getting good.

These expenses outweigh Glendale's Coyotes-related revenue by such a degree that Moody's has downgraded the city's bond rating twice in the last 18 months, citing the city's ongoing hockey payments. In part due to the Coyotes, the city's reserve fund has fallen to $11.7 million from $72.5 million six years ago. Facing a projected $35 million budget gap?in a city whose general revenue funds in the most recent fiscal year amounted to $142.6 million?Glendale is proposing to raise its property and sales tax rates, while slashing library hours and hiking fees for city services.

They're already on the verge of ruining themselves. Now Glendale wants to up their payments? Madness.

A bond rating downgrade makes every other function of the city more expensive. Glendale is essentially saying it will never be able to pay for any capital project ever again because it wants a hockey team.

Could this possibly happen in another sport? Is hockey so invisible to the rest of the country that we get to pretend that a city isn't doing this itself, abetted by terrible people running a sports league?

What was the hot dog's problem, anyway? Does it want to be on the burger too?

Remember when you could play BurgerTime on this site? I was pretty awesome at it.

I can't watch it at work. Cany anybody summarize it?

It's a sim rendering of a new Quebec arena, descriptively called "the multifunctional amphitheater of Quebec -- from dreams to reality!" It shows the key features of the place, like a 360 degree concourse, bars and restaurants and "all the services" in a "Zone Club," neat-o VIP seats right next to the benches, a glass wall so you can watch the players come in and out of the locker room, and an outdoor patio.

Looks really cool, but I didn't see a call to action or timeline. Also, my French isn't very good, so who knows?

Maybe Glendale could host an ABA team. Great markets are still available!