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Daily Archives: December 8, 2010
NOT Splitting Hairs…
Dan is right. We are wrong. We have to be transparent here. This is a “gotcha” moment.
This isn’t what I want to do to market the team. I find it unacceptable.
This is a teachable moment for us. This is not how we market and I must take accountability here and say we are wrong. I will find out how our systems failed us and am hopeful that this would never happen again.
I can’t point fingers. The buck stops with me and I am sorry that this happened.
Even worse, I just found a Caps-related direct e-mailer that mentions a player on another team too. This shouldn’t be happening but as majority owner, I have to take the heat and I understand that and accept that as a responsibility. We have hundreds of tickets that are available on a last minute basis for some Caps games as the other team turns back their tickets or a media partner and the league don’t use their tickets and I learned that we do some select e-marketing to a selected list and one of the mailers mentioned a player on the Florida Panthers. Arrgghhh.
I apologize.
No one is getting yelled at. No one is being terminated. Everyone knows how I feel. We have enough stars and offer enough value to our fans to never have to mention another team and or player to get fans to come into our arena.
I am hopeful it won’t happen again. I can’t sign off on every piece of material that we generate so I am hopeful that my belief system and point of view and voice are being heard on this matter. But I take full responsibility for this gaffe and I apologize.
“Wow” Is All I Can Say
I was Mayor of my town in my distant past.
I read this one. You should too. Can’t make this stuff up.
Intersections
New hot stuff. “New rules and new media.”
Take identity and location.
Add high speed wireless connectivity.
Think real time data.
Add cool new devices like the iPad and smart phones.
Mix in new revenue streams from tens of millions of local merchants. And local advertisers.
Add 2 billion consumers as an audience and let them act as sellers and buyers. Around the globe.
Create easy and cheap currency and payments options.
Mix together. With video which is standing side by side now with communications as killer app. Think utility. Make it fun and viral too.
Create a new economy.
Build value.
Grow new businesses.
Zynga. Twitter. Facebook. Groupon.
Who is next? Are you?
Identity
Be hard to play against; have upside; be tough; be fast; and have fun.
We played well last night in LA. We didn’t back down from the defending NBA champ. Our young players got lots of minutes. Our three first round picks this past off season were all on the floor late in the game and played well together.
I am not happy that we lost. I am happy that our team played with “no quit” and that they pushed LA to take us seriously.
We get a player back from IR and another one goes down. We need to show fortitude. We need a win on the road. No rest for the weary as we play yet again tonight in Sacramento.
Thanks for staying up late and watching the game. I did and I am paying the price this morning. I am groggy but satisfied with our effort.