As I Said, Lost in Translation :-)

Hate to say I told you so…but I told you so. I am glad this is all getting put behind us. Check out this article on the “Semin interview”.

Thank you.

And hate to say I told you so on Fleischmann too. Want me to pull up the message board posts and emails I received over the last two years by some of our so-called experts? How does that Robert Lang trade look now? Pretty good to me.  Thanks Capitals Insider.

Hoya Saxa

Another big win. Two rivals in the Big East playing a tough battle at Verizon Center, a conference that I think is the best in the land, even better than the ACC.

It is amazing how tough the Georgetown schedule is playing Connecticut; Pittsburgh; Notre Dame; Syracuse; and Duke all in a three week period.

Georgetown wins the home end of the battle last night 88-74 against Syracuse. On to Duke. Hoya Saxa!

Character Win Last Night

We needed the two points. We needed to win on the road. We needed to stop the recent slide and we needed to show we can win in Pittsburgh.

Check. Check. Check. And check. In fact, we have now won three straight in Pittsburgh.

There sure is a lot of talent on the ice when we play Pittsburgh and the players sure get amped up, don’t they? The wins in Pittsburgh are very satisfying and I am sure that at some point, a road to a Stanley Cup will go through Pittsburgh. They are a great franchise with great players and I believe, because of how they are constructed and based on their core group of young players, we will be playing them and competing with them for a long time.

I thought the ice last night at Mellon Arena was sub-optimized. The players seemed to be falling and the puck was struggling to move. Sometimes the building is too warm and ice quality suffers and sometimes it may be too cold. When it is too cold, the ice gets brittle, cracks and cakes. I am not sure what the issue was last night but the ice didn’t look great to me.

It was a very satisfying win. When you work hard and bond as a group and play your system, good things happen. It is just a two point night on the road but, for some reason, it felt a little bit more special. Thank you. Go Caps!

Also, I thought I saw some empty seats last night at the game. The economy is taking its toll everywhere sad to say. I am very grateful that we have another sellout this Saturday night as we battle Boston at home. Please wear red. We need a loud and proud building as we play the best team in the East right now.

Get Well Soon Steve Jobs

Perhaps the most influential business exec of the last 25 years, Steve Jobs, stepped down from the helm of Apple last evening.

This is a shocking development but Steve is a family man and needs the time to recoup, get strong and to spend true quality time with his family.

I first met Steve Jobs in 1979. He is a true dedicated genius, one of the few people that I would call a great generational thinker. At a time like this, we should all collectively thank him for all he has done for consumers and the industry and wish him Godspeed and to get well soon.