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NYI Fan Central Covers the following Islander related events to begin its 6/6 coverage.
Among the highlights:
* Katie Strang of Newsday covered Wednesday night's business club event with Garth Snow's commenting that we're a tight-knit organization and the situation with confidence in Wade Dubielewicz to play was not as big of a deal as what it was made out to be.
In addition, the GM said everything is great regarding his relationship with the coach, but he prefers that situations like this be kept within the four walls and that Rick DiPietro is great with regard to his minor surgery.
* Ted Nolan for his part felt there was no disagreement at all, that he and Snow agreed on the conditioning, that Dubie was hurt in the off season, so he couldn't come in and that sometimes that's construed as lack of confidence, but it was maybe a lack of communication.
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The coach also plans on thanking Dubielewicz, trying to maintain a friendship as he spoke about the business side vs. the relationship side as he again praised Dubielewicz and maintained he never lost faith in his ability.
* NYI Fan Central questions Greg Logan's agenda, why he did not attend the business club meeting with Snow and Nolan together in the same room last night and if there is pressure on the beat writer to stir things up from Newsday sports editor Hank Winnicki. A major issue was made from nothing, which is not good for a club with virtually no media beyond the one paper.
* The Business Club meeting itself was covered by Newsday's Islander blog with full team website coverage. Chris Dey, Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Operations gives his comments as Mike Bossy, Executive Director of the Islanders Business Club, welcomed everyone. Team owner Charles Wang was present, along with Bob Nystrom, Clark Gillies, Mike Sillinger and Kyle Okposo.
* Mike Milbury comments on the contract he offered Chris Osgood when he was general manager of the Isles, while NYI Fan Central questions the former GM's strategy at that time in making such an offer.
Check back later for more updates.
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3 months ago
Greg Logan didn't attend because he WAS ON VACATION forced by his EMPLOYER!!! Don't question Logan's "motives" as he does not have a HIDDEN agenda, he has a JOB.
He's a JOURNALIST and PAID for it, and as one they present what they see and speculate as to the reasoning behind it.
After having a conversation with one managing editor of sports for a high profile paper, I found out that IS what is expected of their writers. It's his job to MAKE PEOPLE THINK. I told him I'd never make it in this business.
And you forgot to mention that Steve Carlson, Hanson Brother from Slapshot fame was in attendance too. The Business Club is a great vehicle for Long Island networking.
3 months ago
Dee,
All due respect but this man has a lot of vacations, of course he's entitled to every single one of them but if he is going to put this story out there it seems kind of strange he was not there to complete it face to face in a room with Snow, Nolan, Wang, Dey the very next day after starting it.
It would be one thing if the paper was doing constant updates but to show up every month or so to stir the pot to me is not fair speculation.
Mr Logan's speculation always seem from a negative angle and it always seems to be disputed or outright denied by the Islanders.
Mr Logan talks of disagreements between Garth Snow and Ted Nolan taking issue with regarding to the coaching stafff's confidence in Dubielewicz but the first thing quoted word out of Nolan's mouth is he agreed with Snow on his conditioning.
Snow also was critial of Dubie's conditioning back on April 10th in Newsday. At that time he also praised Dubie.
You read Mr Logan and you get all this negative speulation but then you go to the quotes and neither Snow or Nolan agree with him which does beg the question is there an agenda or hidden motives?
Mr Logan was the one who went to Nolan and made this huge deal of the coaches contract, how come he did not go to the gm and ask how long his remaining tenure and report the coach and gm contract could well be tied together.
For that matter how come Mr Logan personally calls DiPietro hard-headed on 3/20 for trying to play hurt and help the team but did not hold injured and unproductive Comrie, Guerin, Sillinger to the exact same standard.
To me that is a hidden agenda. You cover everyone the same.
Garth Snow said people are making this out to be more than it is, who do you think he is referring to?
When Ted Nolan and Rick DiPietro were having their so-called feud what did Nolan say to the press in Canada? He laughed at it and made fun of the reports.
Those were the reports in Newsday.
In Katie Strang's article the first quote from Nolan is he did not even know there was a disagreement with the general manager after she packaged it as a potentially explosive situtation?
For Mr Logan to present this as a big problem does seem like someone with an agenda, he should make people think but it should also be fair.
You would hope in making people think they also understand part of that job is to tell the correct story and be fair in the process. Making a mountain out of esstentially nothing and packaging it (again) as this huge disagreement between gm and coach then taking another vacation day while Katie Strang faces both of them together I consider not fair to the club at all.
People read this stuff and cannot get past the headline writer before they have made up their minds, Mr Logan's doing a fine job making people think about not bothering to watch this team.
If both the coach and gm were fighting in the media and ripping one another I would have no problem with Mr Logan reporting it, when both coach and gm are quoted and dismiss it or not even known there is a problem says a lot about the reporting and it's not good.
Thanks again
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