I loved this one. It’s scary but not that unthinkable. Laugh out loud funny! Watch this one.
Remember I created AOL By Phone 
. This was all part of that start up plan. Just kidding.
Daily Archives: May 19, 2010
Alex and Nick–No Risk
To be together for a decade in the future or longer.
Foundational players. Draft. Develop. Retain.
That was the plan. That is the plan.
No risk when you know the players well. No risk when you reward your own players. I feel confident we made the exact right moves here for the Washington Capitals. Check out this article.
Magically Delicious
My wife laughed out loud over this one “Magically Delicious”. Read this and guffaw.
I have no lucky charms. I didn’t wear a lucky watch. I felt confident that it was “our time” to have good fortune.
Mrs. Pollin wore a lucky ring and Ernie Grunfeld has his lucky charm. It worked and I am thrilled.
I want to assure everyone that we won’t make the first pick in the draft a “sugar buzz high”. We will work to craft a team and a system methodically and with care. We will articulate a plan and strategy built around analytics and with our ultimate goal in mind. Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither will the new Wizards.
One player does not make a team or a turnaround. We have a lot of work to do.
There will be a new CBA soon in the NBA. We will have to keep that in mind.
We have a lot of players yet to draft and develop.
This will be fun and it will be hard and it may take longer than we think!
Be enthusiastic. Be positive and upbeat. Try to be happy and embrace and extend the good fortune.
Random Luck
We deserve the first pick in the NBA draft. Luck balances out although it is random. Can you name a team that went through more hard times than the Wizards did last year?
I would like to thank Irene Pollin for bringing us the good fortune, and for wearing Mr. Pollin’s Championship ring on the big stage last night. I know that had something to do with it.
I am very happy for the city and for our fans. It is a wonderful statement of rebirth and of reinvention while paying homage to the past but focused firmly on a bright future. We won the lottery. We get the first pick in the draft. We can say we are lucky…and now we want to be lucky and good and then lucky and great!
I am still sanguine — crafting great teams built to last is difficult, but it just got a tad easier. And I am hopeful that we draft, develop, and then retain a great franchise player. Building through the draft is job 1 for this franchise.
We are just starting out on a long difficult journey together. I am up for the challenge. My friends and partners are up for the challenge. It won’t be easy but we will enjoy the ride.
You feeling lucky? I always do. Thanks for the support and best wishes. I can’t respond to so many emails today but will try my best. And I lost my cell phone last night in NJ somewhere so if I don’t respond to your calls immediately don’t take it personally !
Enjoy the ride though! Go Wizards Go.
Plenty of Love and Cupcakes to Go Around
Here is a fun and on point article about group shopping and Groupon.
This is the hottest space in the entire web. Read this one. Buy some cup cakes from a local neighborhood vendor. Join Groupon.com today. Thank you.