Colour me very surprised that Anholt took over as GM AND coach. I could have sworn that Maxwell was going to be the coach. Fine with me. Maxwell was popular early on in his time in Lethbridge, but he actually hasn't had many seasons with a winning record as head coach... unfortunately if you look at Anholt's record, he hasn't either...
Steps are actually in place to change the ownership structure of the team. A motion was put forth at the last AGM by a board member to investigate selling the team to private ownership. Unfortunately they won't vote on that until the next AGM which is likely August or September.
In the meantime they have put together an advisory committe. I don't know the details of this committee, but I would imagine it is something in place to keep the board from getting involved in a daily basis on day to day operations as the two recently resigned board members would do. The funny part is, one of the members is Ron Sakamoto, top Canadian promoter. Why is that funny? He is rumored to be the money bags behind Kris Versteeg's bid to buy the team. Eitherway, I have full confidence in Sak's abilities to make sound decisions for the team in his current capacity and in any future ownership role he may be involved in (or not).
There is a light at the end of the tunnel for the current ownership woes, unfortunately it is likely two years away. Hopefull the advisory committee has enough influence to help steer the ship in an upward path... it can't get any worse, can it?
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