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Originally Posted by Cras
Some of these storylines that kill the market size from a high number to 1 is utterly stupid and ridiculous. I cannot imagine what an owner or organization would have to do to drive everyone away from the club.
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Chicago Blackhawks.
Bill Wirtz ->
No home games on TV. Shrewd with handing out contracts.
4,000-7000 fans a game. Team was a joke in the city of Chicago
for nearly 15 years. Perennial bottom feeder.
He passes away. In comes his son, Rocky Wirtz.
Rocky Wirtz ->
Home games are put back on TV. Willing to sign significant
free agents and his star core players to high dollar contracts.
The team got good (Fixes all problems really). 20+ thousand
home game sell-outs. Tickets are a hot commodity. Win the
Stanley Cup.
Bill Wirtz can arguably be defined as one of the worst owners in professional sports. Fans would call him "Dollar Bill" because of his stubbornness to make ANY significant splashes in free agency. He had a pay-per-view system of watching home games if you wanted them during 1992 and 1993 that was like $30 a month! He traded star players for scrubs. He alienated our star players throughout the 1990's. He literally handicapped the team throughout his entire tenure as owner. As sad as his passing was, it was literally the end of an era when it happened. The team moving on from that point improved IMMENSELY for the better.
So while those storylines really blow and seem unrealistic, there are real world examples out there of owners killing the soul of an entire organization. That being said, the storylines like those need to be really rare or can ruin many teams in a healthy league.