IndieWIRE has a nice write up about a terrific documentary called You Are Here. This film is sad and straightforward. Why can’t we make more progress in helping our brothers and sisters on the continent of Africa? Read this one. Watch this one. Thank you.
Daily Archives: July 11, 2010
The Times They Are A-Changing
Broadcast television ratings hit an all-time low last week. Read this article for the facts.
You would have thought that with the hot weather that people would be indoors in air conditioned environments watching MORE TV NOT less TV.
Viewers today are heavily distracted. The web; the hand help phenomenon; the sad state of television programming; and on and on. This trend will continue. Pre-programmed television is not as socially relevant to young consumers. Sports and big event TV still draws a big audience but traditional broadcast television and print media will continue to be marginalized.
Caps Fan Fest
This will be a busy week at Kettler Capitals Iceplex.
I hope to see many of you here this week. Get out of the heat and enjoy the cool whiffs of hockey.
We have developmental camp and we have the Fan Fest all this week.
A fun time will be had by all. Click here for some details.
In some other news, we had less than 200 seats not be renewed this off season. Some folks tragically passed away; some people moved; and some didn’t renew for personal reasons.
We were at almost 98 percent renewal on season tickets. We have almost 2,000 people on our waiting list. We are doing our best to serve as many people as we can. We are now on the Top 5 teams in the NHL in terms of full season ticket holdings. We have come a long way. Thank you Caps fans.
Glad This Is All Behind Us Now
“The Three Kings.”
Wow! Really? Read this one. Is that a good nickname?
One championship between them. Three players. Twenty-one seasons. There is lots of pressure now on them to live up to the ongoing expectations and hype.
And The Washington Post thought we went overboard when we had a couple of hundred fans welcome John Wall to DC? 
Living up to expectations is difficult; we experienced that high and low last season with the Washington Capitals.
We had the most points in the NHL. We lost in the first round of the playoffs. It is a difficult process to win a title. There is no easy way. Time will tell if all the hoopla over the free agent signings lives up to expectations in both the NBA and the NHL. To say the team is capable of winning five, six and seven titles is really putting a bull’s eye on the back of a team and selected players.
Crafting a team in a cap system is equally hard.
See this article. This should all make for an interesting and exciting season in both the NBA and NHL. Can’t wait for the seasons to start.
I am psyched and nervous and can’t wait to put in the hard work to get our teams to where our fans expect them to be. Onward…
Vegas Baby – Vegas
I am on my way to Vegas to attend my first NBA Owners meeting on Monday and then follow that up by attending a summer league game later that night.
I look forward to seeing the kids play and to see our first round picks including John Wall in action.
I am also hoping that our Mr. McGee continues on his growth spurt. He is very athletic and he is developing a NBA body now. That is great news for our franchise. See article within.
Let the kids play.
And why not? I am surprised we are even playing 82 games next year. I thought the championship trophy was already awarded to a South East division foe. Have you ever seen such anticipation, excitement and hype?