Coordinated media campaign against TP?

[Stoner]

After receiving precious little criticism for years, the bricks are raining down on Terry all at once.

Some of the biggest names in hockey media are speaking with one voice. These are the folks with close ties to the NHL.

Curious?

It gives me hope.

Mr. Garbachev, tear down this wall.

I might have mixed up the Cetirizine and Sertraline again. Oh dear.

[PerreaultForever]

I don't think it's "coordinated" but there's something in media studies called the Contagion Effect and I think that's what's happening. Once an interesting story gets out there everybody tries to get a new angle or build on that same story and it balloons and spreads. When the speculation and the facts get blurred, sometimes the actual narrative can change. 

I know Bruins press were chatting on podcasts about the division and Bruins playoff chances and they all made fun of the Pegula chat in Montreal and some encouraged him to "keep talking". 

[Kristian]

Meddling owners are accountable to the public, once it becomes apparent they’re meddling.

The fanbase has known it for years, but Terry had to go and make it league-wide knowledge in Montreal, and he’ll take the brunt of the criticism from here.

Rightly so, I might add.

[JP51]

2 hours ago, Kristian said:

Meddling owners are accountable to the public, once it becomes apparent they’re meddling.

The fanbase has known it for years, but Terry had to go and make it league-wide knowledge in Montreal, and he’ll take the brunt of the criticism from here.

Rightly so, I might add.

First off Kristian, the palm tree is epic I love it!  I agree with you pretty much on all counts... I will say I have no issue with an owner addressing the team from time to time... I am more worried about him meddling in the hires, the players, the draft picks, who plays who sits etc... 

[mjd1001]

I think Pegula meddles too much, but to me that is not his worst trait.

I personally think he is very VERY sensitive to anything negative being said about him.  Jerry Jones is a jerk, he had the whole incident where he threatened a media guy who asked him a tough question a month ago, but he shows up when things are tough.  Pegula, not so much.  If there is good news he'll show up and talk, but when things get bad he seems to hide away.   

But, I just THINK when he gets criticism, he isn't a guy who takes a step back and says "Maybe I'm not doing something correctly, I should change, they might have a point".  Instead I think of him as someone who stews, gets angry, and in his head says something more like "Who do they think they are, I'm doing things MY way and I'm going to dig in even more to prove them wrong"

Just my impression.

[Archie Lee]

6 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

I think Pegula meddles too much, but to me that is not his worst trait.

I personally think he is very VERY sensitive to anything negative being said about him.  Jerry Jones is a jerk, he had the whole incident where he threatened a media guy who asked him a tough question a month ago, but he shows up when things are tough.  Pegula, not so much.  If there is good news he'll show up and talk, but when things get bad he seems to hide away.   

But, I just THINK when he gets criticism, he isn't a guy who takes a step back and says "Maybe I'm not doing something correctly, I should change, they might have a point".  Instead I think of him as someone who stews, gets angry, and in his head says something more like "Who do they think they are, I'm doing things MY way and I'm going to dig in even more to prove them wrong"

Just my impression.

I think you are right. This is why when O’Reilly lost his love for the game and when Eichel asked for a trade, Pegula didn’t look in the mirror, but rather thought “get these ungrateful punks out of here”. 

[Cranky old man]

There was nothing interesting about Buffalo’s hockey team until the gm started talking about palm trees and the invisible owner gave a pep talk to the team before a 6-1 a## kicking by the other worst team in the league. The incomprehensible team management has trumped the team as news. It’s the ultimate inside-out-ski, designed to take the pressure of the players. Wow, Kevyn and Terry —-it sounds like somebody is practicing high leverage sports psychology. 

Edited Friday at 11:39 PM by Cranky old man

[mjd1001]

The only thing related to this that makes me wonder.....the Stories about the Sabres (Adams) not even returning phone calls from other GM's.

Saying no on the initial call (or email) is one thing, NOT giving a counteroffer is another. But if people are calling the Sabres with new offers, I cannot imagine:

1.) Adams would not even respond in any way, totally ignoring them

2.) If Pegula talks to Adams everyday and this info is out there, that he would not demand Adams return those calls and he is allowing Adams to not respond to them.

Again, is not returning a phone call meaning you had a conversation, you said you'd get back to that person in 48 hours, they call you back in 10 hours but you are waiting for the 48 hours you told them originally because you are dealing with other offers?  Or are you just deciding to not only NOT do your job, but to jeopardize the ability to do you job (work with other GM's) for anytime in the future AND the owner is OK with that?

There seems something off in that story, or maybe there is some aspect of exaggeration to it.

Edited Friday at 07:06 PM by mjd1001

[LTS]

2 hours ago, Cranky old man said:

There was nothing interesting about Buffalo’s hockey team until the gm started talking about palm trees and the invisible owner gave a pep talk to the team before a 6-1 a## kicking by the other worst team in the league. The incomprehensible team management has trumped the team as news. It’s the ultimate inside-out-ski, designed to take the pressure of the players. Wow, Kevyn and Terry somebody practicing high leverage sports psychology. 

Those two moments were the perfect "better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt" moments.

I'm glad they are getting blasted, they should be. They say there's no such thing as bad publicity and as a fan, I agree. Just hope it sparks some kind of change. Because they are about to go from:

"No Palm Trees and Taxes" to "Inspiring Speech" from the Owner to "Apparently Buffalo is a destination city... for Leafs fans." on national TV.

This should be good.

[Kristian]

1 hour ago, LTS said:

Those two moments were the perfect "better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt" moments.

I'm glad they are getting blasted, they should be. They say there's no such thing as bad publicity and as a fan, I agree. Just hope it sparks some kind of change. Because they are about to go from:

"No Palm Trees and Taxes" to "Inspiring Speech" from the Owner to "Apparently Buffalo is a destination city... for Leafs fans." on national TV.

This should be good.

Exactly - Nobody’s talking about how shite the team is suddenly, but how utterly clueless our management is instead.