Thanks for letting everyone know it is my birthday, you too Facebook. Yes, me and Elvis, the King, share the same day.
I appreciate everyone’s thoughts and best wishes. The thing about birthdays is that well, everyone has one, but the outpouring of well wishes is overwhelming so thank you one and all.
Here is another nice piece on our team. Our play of late has made us the talk of the town. Read the article here.
I had to laugh out loud last night. I was listening to ESPN 980, our local sports talk station.
The talk and banter went something like this:
“I am watching our local NBC affiliate. They are showing the weather in Cleveland because it is snowing there. Who cares about the weather in Cleveland? What is the weather here?” followed by lots of studio laughter and lots of making fun of weather men.
Then there was a discussion on ESPN and college and NBA basketball coverage; Dick Vitale covering NBA action; and lots of snarky discussion on ESPN even though the station has been re-branded ESPN 980. I don’t get it, do you? Why do the sports reporters dislike ESPN when the station is an ESPN branded station now? Talk about biting the hand that feeds you. 
I guess that shows editorial independence, huh?
Then the big topic of the day was “What do you all think of the Boston College coach getting fired? Call us and let us talk about it.”
So I ask you: Why is it bad to talk about the weather in Cleveland but good to talk about the coach at Boston College when the Wizards are playing at 7:00 PM and the Caps are the talk of the town?
Phew, these guys are clueless. Thanks Dan for the ink and pixels. Go Caps!
I will consider this nice column by Tom Boswell as a birthday card to me. It is a perfect note of recognition to our fan base. Thank you.
We have come a long way since Tom encouraged our season ticket holders to come to my home and burn their tickets and throw them on my front lawn, huh?
I will never forget that column. Tearing our team down and announcing a rebuild plan is a very difficult process for a sports team owner. One of the main reasons ownership doesn’t take risks in the sports field to improve is the fear of media humiliation, which we received in column after column. I wanted to be transparent and honest to our fans in regards to our plan. I am glad we did it and I am glad we are so well positioned right now.
I am happy to say that we believed in our plan and I didn’t care what the media wrote. I am focused on our deliverable: a generationally great team; a Stanley Cup champion; and great ROI for your time and money in our team.
Thanks Caps fans for rocking the red and thanks Tom for “getting it” and being so supportive now.
This is crazy. Here we sit in Northern VA, so close to the planned activities yet so far away.
So I guess if you voted and want to be part of the festivities and live in VA, you should go stay in a hotel in DC so you don’t have to travel to and fro. But wait a minute; all hotels are sold out so you are out of luck.
Imagine if the tables were turned and we in Northern VA closed the bridges for people in the District to enter our neighborhoods. What would be happening in the courts and in the media? This is just an unspeakable act of inconvenience for folks in Virginia.