If anyone deserved to be written out on-air as a man rather than a gullible loser, it was Bob Holly. But alas, 15 years of loyalty means little to Vince in these times. Remember Million Dollar Mania?? “It’s all about the Monayyyyy!!!”
He wasn’t lying. Vince is cutting costs wherever he can, unfortunately he forgot about those wrestlers who stuck by him and thus, Holly went unseen for months after doing his part to build up Cody Rhodes, as he was asked.
I wouldn’t put it past him to jump to TNA just to make a statement that would put Vince back in his place.
Rant over. Unfortunately for those in WWE, the Firing Spree has only just begun.
Let’s move on.
It’s been no secret the Stanley Cup has stayed away from Canada, and so has the guy who runs the show in the NHL. But one Canadian team has had bad luck for much too long, and that team is the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Changes have been implemented, sure, but the money issue again affects this team more than the play on the ice. Toronto’s attendance has been the main reason why the Leaf management continues to be happy with mediocrity and continue to let great players leave their organization.
It's not just as a business matter; but most leave in disgust at the team they once played for. Toronto has been known as the “center of the hockey universe,” with the press, the HHOF there, the fans…all sorts of reasons. But the reality is, players don’t all want to be a part of that anymore.
Toronto has won three individual awards (just THREE!) in the 40+ years since the first expansion in 1967. Montreal has 33 to their credit. What’s worse, not one of those three awards have been for the best player or even best defenseman.
If the trend continues, their current face of the franchise, defenseman Thomas Kaberle, could be gone by the time he has teammates who can allow him to show the skill to be recognized as a Norris winner.
I’m going to limit the discussion to a few select people. They are: players such as Curtis Joseph, Bryan McCabe and the most notable loss in the last 20 years (if you believe the papers), Mats Sundin.
Coaches and GMs have been canned too, including Pat Quinn and John Ferguson Jr. Even their most successful GM this era, Cliff Fletcher has been jerked around. Let’s get into it.
Curtis Joseph leads Toronto out of the 1998 cellar, into the Eastern Conference Finals not once, but twice. His players praise him night after night for his heroics, for once, the Leafs are making almost as much money in jersey sales as ticket sales.
Then, it happens. Joseph and the Leafs get humiliated by the Carolina Hurricanes, a team many said didn’t deserve to even be in the 2002 playoffs. Suddenly, they hit the Cup Finals, while Toronto, the so-called center of the hockey universe, is stunned, glory just barely stolen from them.
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