-Maybe it was a mistake to hire her but they had to do something to placate the vocal internet mob upset at the logo. The Hawks are a nearly $2Billion brand/organization and they did what needed to be done so they could secure the logo usage.
-How else should they have handled the Perry fallout? There was IIRC a week of lagtime between when he was removed from the team and when they released the details. Ultimately the result was fine, so the means in which they went about it shouldn't be criticized. They wanted to be thorough and decisive, i don't get faulting them for that.
-What specifically with the Beach fallout? Am I on the main boards right now??? The people responsible were let go from the organization. They likely don't re-sign Kane because of his infamous connection with the 2010 team, the same would more than likely be true for Toews if he were still able to play.
-Pride night was a league-wide compliation, not limited to the Blackhawks
-bad interviews? More specifics please. My bar for interview expectations from hockey players is pretty damn low
-Rocky's outburst was horrendous, no one disagrees with you. His son also took the reigns immediately after so what's your point?
Beach, Perry, and this woman's case are three very separate things. Perry could've done that on any team, not just the Hawks. We have a delicate situation with our logo for obvious reasons and it's led to a lot of unfortunate complications. Sorry man I think you're complaining just to complain here.
I'm done with the Perry thing, pride night, and Beach thing. They're all related looking from 50,000'. Outside of a large % of hardcore hockey and Hawks fans, almost nobody thinks they've been nailing the PR.
Rocky lighting himself on fire was exactly the point, ownership and management think they "got" things they don't "got". The native american PR thing has been wholly unnecessary since Rocky took over. It had already been exposed as being a joke, and it should have been dropped. Danny kept it going on bad advice or questionable personal decision making or whatever and now there's another clown show. Should have just done the envelopes of cash under the table, would have been more respectable.
Not sure why so many believe Blackhawks are magical unicorns of competent professional management because so many slobbering media who make their living off of promoting sports said they're "great" and "different now" with nothing more than self-interested quotes from franchise employees to validate those assertions.
Playing off of what Gretzky said on TBS a few years ago, If you're a parent and your kid is going for an internship, unless you're blind to what's gone on or a jock sniffing hockey/sports fan, you're not recommending your kid works there. They need some PR help or managerial help to navigate the inevitable drama that comes with the professional sports/entertainment product.
I don't want Danny to sell, he spends to lose so I confidently believe he'll spend to win so I'll take him.
The reason I even bring it up is that the business stuff eventually and inevitably overlaps or supercedes hockey ops, so I want that part to do better.
