gerdog_99
Somebody has to much time on their hands

The blame for this meltdown rests squarely with Mr. Wiens. As team owner, he makes a great banker. Last May Ruddy was ready to step in but Joel stalled contract talks. Tom had to run the May draft and summer camp by himself. One man to evaluate 80+ players in a three day period. No other expertise to assure the right players were kept on the roster.

Just days before the start of the season Joel finally OK'd the hiring of one asistant coach and a trainer.

No other team in the USHL operates in this "bare bones" fashion. They understand the correlation between the product (team) and the fan base. They also understand that the true purpose of the USHL is player development and that a real investment in your franchise needs to made to insure both.

Our owner is not willing to make that investment. As long as this situation exists, the Storm will continue to struggle.

NU didn't lose 50% of their fan base during the Callahan years. Where are the Storm fans?



bh2

Gerry: While sorting and packing stuff for our move to KC,I ran across a couple of Storm momentos I thought you would like to have--or at least I would like for you to have them. But I need a mailing address--I would appreciate it if you would either send me a message back on this board or to my regular email dennisg@valleyhope.com. And don't forget about me when you are putting together the fantasy league!! Thanks, and maybe I will get up to Omaha sometime for a game and will see you there.

One ofthe other "old guys",
Dennis