Ken King on the Fan now

[SportsJunky]

All this negativity is wrecking Steak and BJ Day for me. Happy March 14th everybody.

[kyuss275]

I rather KK had kept quite and not have gone on the radio. THe garbage out of his mouth just made me mad.

[Clever_Iggy]

Originally Posted by Phanuthier

I would say as president of the team, his job is a large part to interact with fans and clients... and in the past 10 years, even before CP became big, I've seen targetted messages and repeated rumours show up in the media after mentioned on CP. We might not dictate it, but if there is a fire on CP, Flames mgm team historically works fast to put it out.

After all, how else would you explain a mid-afternoon sudden interview by the president of the Flames, to say a lot of nothing? Think that was in KK's weekly agenda on Monday?

I posted years ago about my encounter with KK in Vegas when he was there for his daughter's wedding and I was there for my bachelor party. I asked him specifically about CP and he definitely thought it was a great group of fans and that he followed our discussions.

If he's saying he engages fans at the Dome, you can bet he's aware of trends on CP.

[atb]

Originally Posted by Igottago

Really guys, what has any other management team in the league been revealing in interviews lately? We are around the corner from the trade deadline, everyone is going to keep things pretty quiet right now, they are busy working on potentially huge changes. Let's put the pitchforks away for a little bit longer, see what they do, then hear what they say. It's not realistic to hear them divulge their entire strategy right now.

Yeah they're not exactly going to announce players are on the block or not openly. But it would be nice at some point to have some non-salesman like talk for once.

I know a lot of people here hate the guys on Hockey Central at noon, but when they get GM's on like Brian Murray, Dean Lombardi, Ken Holland, and a few others, it's nice hearing the straight shooting honesty compared to the stuff that we hear from King and Feaster. I mean every year we hear about how there's a plan, things are going to be made right, stuff going on behind the scene, it gets tiring after a while.

[mikephoen]

Originally Posted by Kavy

CP is a great source of information, from a community of people who want to discuss hockey and truly help each other with questions and concerns they may have in any aspect of life.

It does not however impact how Ken King goes about his day in any fashion (despite him logging on or whatever a few years back). People here can put way to much weight into what they believe this online forum is.

Considering that every season ticket holder luncheon I've ever been to has started with KK asking who is here from CP or made some reference to the site. I'm certain it is one of a few places from which they take the pulse of their fanbase.

[bubbsy]

can't wait to hear this later on (not on the fan website yet, or at least i can't find it).

[Phanuthier]

FTR I think KK is a good guy and is just doing what he thinks is best and will help the team. KK always struck me as a good company man, in this interview, I think he's just trying to do his job and please fans.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Bluzman

The President of a NHL team that has gotten past the first round once since 1989 preaching patience?....LOL

Made doubly hilarious by the "win now" approach of the team.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

Well no crap they are on the phone trying to make moves, so is every other team in the NHL. What i want to hear is the plan they have in place for the future.

Originally Posted by ComixZone

talk all you want Flames management, it's the only thing you're good at.

Originally Posted by kyuss275

I rather KK had kept quite and not have gone on the radio. THe garbage out of his mouth just made me mad.

There is no good actions or response in this situation.

They don't come out and say anything...they are being secretive and haven't addressed the fans through the slump.

The come out and talk but realistically can't say anything useful...why did he talk at all. All KK is doing is paying lip service.

Damned if you do, damned if you dont.

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

i am not sure if thats a good way to guage the situation.

True... but then neither is angry rabbling on the internet.

[BigFlameDog]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

No, not sure why i wrote the 2nd half of my post. I am sick and tired of management and ownership throwing out lines about how other teams rebuild took so long, or that they are working hard behind the scenes. Every team is working hard behind the scenes.

Understood....frustrated like the rest of us.

I have to tell myself they have a plan and vision and I need to be patient...especially when i am filling out the form of what they should do with my money haha.

[kyuss275]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

There is no good actions or response in this situation.

They don't come out and say anything...they are being secretive and haven't addressed the fans through the slump.

The come out and talk but realistically can't say anything useful...why did he talk at all. All KK is doing is paying lip service.

Damned if you do, damned if you dont.

True , i have taken a smoke break and calmed down a bit. I am however a fan that would rather hear nothing , rather than "lip service".

Still if he is going to take the time to come on the radio, then at least have the balls to answer or shed some light on the OReilly debacle.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

True , i have taken a smoke break and calmed down a bit. I am however a fan that would rather hear nothing , rather than "lip service".

Still if he is going to take the time to come on the radio, then at least have the balls to answer or shed some light on the OReilly debacle.

Agree that personally I would rather they say nothing...talk after you've changed this team.

Also think they copped out on the whole O'Reilly thing, but at the same time not sure what else they really could have said that wouldn't have just caused more of an uproar.

[CaramonLS]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

There is no good actions or response in this situation.

They don't come out and say anything...they are being secretive and haven't addressed the fans through the slump.

The come out and talk but realistically can't say anything useful...why did he talk at all. All KK is doing is paying lip service.

Damned if you do, damned if you dont.

"It is pretty clear this roster is not going to compete at a high enough level to satisfy the fans over the next few years. Major changes are in the works".

Boom. Done.

That's the "right" thing to say in this situation.

[GirlySports]

Were the words "Division Title" mentioned?

[Table 5]

So did the FAN even ask about the Ryan O'Reilly fiasco?

[CaramonLS]

Originally Posted by Table 5

So did the FAN even ask about the Ryan O'Reilly fiasco?

Not a peep.

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

True , i have taken a smoke break and calmed down a bit. I am however a fan that would rather hear nothing , rather than "lip service".

Agreed. Remember the days when the Flames used to bunch up 6-8 signings and other news items and release it once a month on mid-Tuesday afternoon?

[bubbsy]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Were the words "Division Title" mentioned?

when i heard that last night, i spilled my drink a little.

[EddyBeers]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Were the words "Division Title" mentioned?

No but he did talk about catching Chicago and what needed to happen for that to take place.