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Post by trigger204 on May 23, 2011 8:04:55 GMT -5
I may boourns him.. sorry.
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Post by danequin on May 23, 2011 8:07:54 GMT -5
no lets just wait for ultimate revenge having Bettman stand at centre ice and present Lord Stanleys Cup to our team....let him be until then
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Post by crow on May 23, 2011 8:16:25 GMT -5
Bettman isn't coming to wpg to announce anything someone will read a letter by the NHL stating Gary always wanted a team back in wpg, we r soooo happy right know haha All of it will be bullsh**
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Post by texanjet on May 23, 2011 8:17:37 GMT -5
The "LET'S HAVE CLASS" threads have now become the name threads - enough already. I could have posted this in a half dozen threads all about how we need to "Stay Classy"
If people feel angry then they have the right to express it. Winnipeg has been shat on for a long time and I personally like that finally people are standing up for this great city.
Everyone says that Winnipeg is too small, no corporate support, NHL really doesn't want to be here, the NHL is taking a step back. Yet when Winnipegers defend themselves they are called classless.
Atlanta fans are crying, journalists are whining. Everyone needs to put there big boy underwear on and grow a set. People are used to Winnipegers rolling over. Those days are long gone. There are people in the City who are proud of where they come from and now they are standing up to those who would want to put them down.
You think people aren't being classy? Fine then go on their message boards and apologize like so many have (which in my opinion is just rubbing it in just in a passive agressive way - look at me I'm such a big boy - I can come here and speak for thousands of people)
So please stop telling people how to feel and act. You don't look like you are any better than them you just look like a child tattling on a kid on the playground.
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Post by crow on May 23, 2011 8:22:04 GMT -5
The "LET'S HAVE CLASS" threads have now become the name threads - enough already. I could have posted this in a half dozen threads all about how we need to "Stay Classy" If people feel angry then they have the right to express it. Winnipeg has been shat on for a long time and I personally like that finally people are standing up for this great city. Everyone says that Winnipeg is too small, no corporate support, NHL really doesn't want to be here, the NHL is taking a step back. Yet when Winnipegers defend themselves they are called classless. Atlanta fans are crying, journalists are whining. Everyone needs to put there big boy underwear on and grow a set. People are used to Winnipegers rolling over. Those days are long gone. There are people in the City who are proud of where they come from and now they are standing up to those who would want to put them down. You think people aren't being classy? Fine then go on their message boards and apologize like so many have (which in my opinion is just rubbing it in just in a passive agressive way - look at me I'm such a big boy - I can come here and speak for thousands of people) So please stop telling people how to feel and act. You don't look like you are any better than them you just look like a child tattling on a kid on the playground. x2 The T.O. media have been slagging this city for years pay back is a biatch i guess
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Post by therocket on May 23, 2011 8:28:20 GMT -5
booing makes no sense to me but i know it is going to happen. it happens wherever he goes and i'm sure he expects it. people even boo him when he is presenting the Cup to their hometown team for cripes sakes! i would rather see certain media people get boo'd out of town before Bettman.
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Post by DrGui on May 23, 2011 8:30:47 GMT -5
Why do so many of us hate Gary Bettman?? Why do we insist that HE and HE alone is responsible for ripping out our hearts and sending our beloved Jets to the desert. Technically speaking that is sort of true. The truth however is probably a little less black and white. GB has ALWAYS maintained that you have to have 3 key things to keep an NHL franchise. A good building (we didn't have that) An owner who wanted to own the team (Barry wanted out) and a fan base that would support the team no matter what. (We had that until the lame duck year) So we had only 1 of the 3 elements that we needed to keep the team ... Never mind the huge financial problems that were occurring at that time (salaries, the dollar, etc etc.) So lets try to be a t least a little circumspect when we vent about GB. He was in charge and sometimes that means doing things that are NOT going to be popular. Do I hate Gary Bettman?? Nope sorry... In his place, at that time, given those conditions, I would have done the same thing. Its also worth noting that it was GB who forced through the very things that have made the return of the NHL possible. The salary cap, the revenue sharing, and the small market assistance that exist today. While I'm not a big fan of the guy, I don't think he deserves to be boo'd... I'll save that for the really important things like bad officiating and the Edmonton Oilers!! ;D
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Post by fitzy0019 on May 23, 2011 8:43:04 GMT -5
I'm booing him and staying classy while doing it. Tuxedo T-Shirt? ? LOL ;D
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Post by stannis on May 23, 2011 8:46:43 GMT -5
We got a team back, but in my opinion it was in spite of bettman, not because of him. Incorrect. Darren Ford would also probably tell you the same thing. The Commissioner was integral in the return of the NHL to Winnipeg.
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Post by crazycanuck900 on May 23, 2011 8:50:05 GMT -5
who cares really he's booed where ever he goes anyways, no different here . Gary Bettman is the biggest A-hole there is..... He has turned the greatest league there is into a bush league... And in some cities a gong show.... It will be a cold day in hell when someone tells me I can't.... Or shouldn't boo... I will not kiss Butthead Go Jets Go for Manitoba getting a hockey team.... Because if we not needed.... He would not have let us have one... I also think we should have some influence on a team name... Because we will in the long run be paying the players salary... If they chose to call them a different name .... I will just wear my jets jersey... Think of it this way.... Would you buy a authentic Thrashers jersey or a authentic Winnipeg Jets jersey? I think I know the answer. If TNSE doesn't really care what the fans think..... Then I would say that isn't good business!
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Post by Grumpz on May 23, 2011 8:58:12 GMT -5
Ya, let's boo Bettman because his lack of ownership means he is not on the board of governors so he doesn't have a vote. Let's boo Bettman because the NHL wanted to expand. Let's boo Bettman because Winnipeg Ent. existed. Heck, we might as well boo him for the 60 cent Canadian Dollar, out of control salaries and all Levels of gov't telling Shenkerow to take a leap.
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Post by crazycanuck900 on May 23, 2011 9:11:47 GMT -5
Ya, let's boo Bettman because his lack of ownership means he is not on the board of governors so he doesn't have a vote. Let's boo Bettman because the NHL wanted to expand. Let's boo Bettman because Winnipeg Ent. existed. Heck, we might as well boo him for the 60 cent Canadian Dollar, out of control salaries and all Levels of gov't telling Shenkerow to take a leap. What does any of what you stated have to do with booing Bettman? All those reason you stated are the reason the Jets left... Those my friend are not Garys fault.... Allowing the league to look like a bush league are one... Trying to look like a good guy by saving Glendales team... While turning your back on Atlanta's team... Is also a reason to boo. Ant the biggest downfall to Bettman.... is he thinks we are all stupid and can't see why he does what he does.. Maybe I should just thank him instead!
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Post by tarks on May 23, 2011 9:12:32 GMT -5
Bettman will get boo'd at the 1st home game, guaranteed. He will get what he deserves.
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Post by Bobster231 on May 23, 2011 9:13:47 GMT -5
If it weren't for Bettman we wouldn't even be getting a team.
Don't forget that. He is allowing this to happen.
You may not like him, but it's only possible because of him.
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Post by WildJetsFan on May 23, 2011 9:14:18 GMT -5
I say we show him first hand what the NHL has been missing for the last 16 seasons... turn up those speakers!
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Post by Grumpz on May 23, 2011 9:17:47 GMT -5
Ya, let's boo Bettman because his lack of ownership means he is not on the board of governors so he doesn't have a vote. Let's boo Bettman because the NHL wanted to expand. Let's boo Bettman because Winnipeg Ent. existed. Heck, we might as well boo him for the 60 cent Canadian Dollar, out of control salaries and all Levels of gov't telling Shenkerow to take a leap. What does any of what you stated have to do with booing Bettman? All those reason you stated are the reason the Jets left... Those my friend are not Garys fault.... Allowing the league to look like a bush league are one... Trying to look like a good guy by saving Glendales team... While turning your back on Atlanta's team... Is also a reason to boo. Ant the biggest downfall to Bettman.... is he thinks we are all stupid and can't see why he does what he does.. Maybe I should just thank him instead! Again, Bettman is the voice and face of the NHL. Boo the NHL then, even though it's about to return.
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Post by hui43210 on May 23, 2011 9:18:52 GMT -5
who cares really he's booed where ever he goes anyways, no different here That is what will make it so epic if we don't boo! Be claasy to him, be classy to atlanta, we gotta do this with class.
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Post by pegger5 on May 23, 2011 9:19:13 GMT -5
Anyone that will boo Bettman does not know the story about how he actually got this team to come back. It would be a pathetic jesture to boo him and showing a high level of immaturity.
Remember that email that came out in court documents ? Bettman said, "If this team goes anywhere it should go to Winnipeg". That was two years ago. He has had a plan for Atlanta for about 4 years to get them to Winnipeg. Chipman will share this story and you guys will feel silly.
Yes you can hold a grudge from 16 years ago but the reality was the Jets were doomed in 95 with Bettman or not in charge.
Don't boo. He helped us get a team back and you better believe it.
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Post by enarwpg on May 23, 2011 9:18:50 GMT -5
Why do so many of us hate Gary Bettman?? Why do we insist that HE and HE alone is responsible for ripping out our hearts and sending our beloved Jets to the desert. Technically speaking that is sort of true. The truth however is probably a little less black and white. GB has ALWAYS maintained that you have to have 3 key things to keep an NHL franchise. A good building (we didn't have that) An owner who wanted to own the team (Barry wanted out) and a fan base that would support the team no matter what. (We had that until the lame duck year) So we had only 1 of the 3 elements that we needed to keep the team ... Never mind the huge financial problems that were occurring at that time (salaries, the dollar, etc etc.) So lets try to be a t least a little circumspect when we vent about GB. He was in charge and sometimes that means doing things that are NOT going to be popular. Do I hate Gary Bettman?? Nope sorry... In his place, at that time, given those conditions, I would have done the same thing. Its also worth noting that it was GB who forced through the very things that have made the return of the NHL possible. The salary cap, the revenue sharing, and the small market assistance that exist today. While I'm not a big fan of the guy, I don't think he deserves to be boo'd... I'll save that for the really important things like bad officiating and the Edmonton Oilers!! ;D I'm guessing there's fewer people here hating Bettman than one thinks as sheeple (people) find it easier to agree with someone instead of formulating their own reason for or against that statement and posting it (as you did). It's always the same old claim that "he doesn't want Winnipeg to have a team". Someone makes that statement in a post and all of a sudden there's people agreeing with the poster however. If that truly was the case we wouldn't be where we are today and that is we're a couple of days away from the announcement of the NHL returning to Winnipeg. If Bettman truly did not want the NHL to return to Winnipeg it wouldn't be happening. PERIOD. Yes it's truly that "brain-dead" simple. ....btw, I have yet to find one reason to despise the man! Edit to add... I just reread my post and I must really like the word "truly". Hahahaha.
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Post by 22moemantha on May 23, 2011 9:25:41 GMT -5
I'm not going to boo him. We've got a team. I'm just going to enjoy that!
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