And the Dallas Mavericks.
Patience. Hard work. Dedication. They never quit.
It took almost a decade.
Lots of frustration.
Lots of angst.
Lots of wins. And joy.
They never lost sight of the big picture. They stayed the course.
Finally a deserved NBA championship and a title. Their place in history.
I am very happy for Mark.
The Mavs played great. They were clutch. They were on a mission.
An NBA championship. A ring. Way to go!
More to think about. A good read here. See what I mean by clicking here.
Wow.
Provocative. Read this one. It is a complicated subject indeed. Analytic and emotional all at the same time.
I empathize greatly with what Mark is saying. We as sports teams are our own media companies now as you know. I blog and I am on Twitter and Facebook. I read and respond to all of my email. I am accessible. I care deeply. We all do in our franchises. In a way, we compete with the bloggers and media that cover our teams now.
There. I said it. We hire journalists on our staff. We want sponsors. We want readers. We want to feed the monster. Mr. /Ms. Blogger. We are in your business. You are in ours. We live in this odd state of “coopetition” with the media that covers us. We must get that out and understand what that means. We don’t get rights fees from these folks. They take our content and brands and access to players and staff that we pay and then try to make a business or a reputation out it for themselves. Good deal, right? Only Comcast pays us fees.
Wow. This is a great article.
Truer words may never have been spoken regarding this subject. I found this one to be really honest. Read it and reap.
Here is an interesting blog post by Mark Cuban. Cash is king and drives strategy in these new tough economic times. Read this and reap.
He is a friend. I believe in him.
I am linking to his blog so folks can see his comments in an unfiltered way. It will be very interesting to see how Mark uses his blog to communicate to his audiences about these developments.
I understand what Mark Cuban is going through. I have wanted to publish some of the emails I have received during our rebuild or after some of the trades we made. But I decided to take the high road. There is a lot of keyboard courage out there. This kind of discourse is unacceptable and really beneath human dignity. Please remember that what you write can be very hurtful; and can be traced to you as well.