HawkDirty2Me

Actually, no: I didn't know that. Yikes.

Redone without the URL failure bomb.

I don't want Mike Woodson back. That being said, I wanted to look above him and the GM to our owners. Since the Atlanta Spirit LLC owns the Thrashers and Hawks, I wanted to see if attendance/revenue justified the money spent on payrolls for both teams since they acquired the teams from AOL/TW in 2004. I have provided links just in case someone questions authenticity. :) 2005-2006: Thrashers: Attendance - (23rd out of 30) 637,578. #1 team attendance was the Montreal Canadiens at 872,194. Payroll (26th out of 30) $37.1M. Revenue (29th out of 30) $64M losing $5.4M Record - 41-33-8. No Playoffs (finished 2 points behind #8 seed). Hawks: Attendance - (29th out of 30) 617,492. #1 team attendance was the Detroit Pistons at 905,116. Payroll - (27th out of 30 $36.3M. #1 team payroll was the New York Knicks at $92.9M. Revenue - (25th out of 30) $92M making $12.9M. Record 26-56. No Playoffs (3rd worst record in the league). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006-2007: Thrashers: Attendance - (21st out of 30) 665,862. #1 team attendance was the Montreal Canadiens at 872,193. Payroll (26th out of 30) $37.6M. Revenue - $67M losing $6.5M. Record - 43-28-11. Won Division and were swept by the New York Rangers. Hawks: Attendance - (26th out of 30) 639,375. #1 team attendance was the Chicago Bulls at 912,364. Payroll - (26th out of 30) $47.8M. #1 team payroll was the Phoenix Suns at $82.4M. Revenue - $103M gaining $2M profit. Record 30-52. No Playoffs (4th worst record in the league). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007-2008 Thrashers: Attendance - (22nd out of 30) 649,081. #1 team attendance was the Montreal Canadiens at 872,193. Payroll - (26th out of 30) $36.5M. #1 team payroll was the Colorado Avalanche at $61.2M. Revenue - (27th out of 30) $70M losing $6.1M. Record - 34-40-8. No Playoffs (3rd worst record in the league). Hawks: Attendance - (20th out of 30) 667,518. #1 team attendance was the Detroit Pistons at 905,116. Payroll - (28th out of 30) $56M. #1 team payroll was the Dallas Mavericks at $105M. Revenue - (21st out of 30) $102M gaining $3M. #1 team revenue was the New York Knicks at $208M. Record 37-45. 8th seed (lost in 7 to Celtics in first round). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008-2009: Thrashers: Attendance - (29th out of 30) 599,673. #1 team attendance was the Chicago Blackhawks at 912,155. Payroll(27th out of 30) $45.7M. #1 team payroll was the New York Rangers at $61.8M. Revenue - (29th out of 30) $68M losing $6.1M. Record - 35-41-6. No Playoffs (4th worst record in the league). Hawks: Attendance - (20th out of 30) 686,688. #1 team attendance was the Detroit Pistons at 896,971. Payroll - (19th out of 30) $68.1M. #1 team payroll was the New York Knicks at $97.1M. Revenue $113M gaining $9M profit. Record 47-35. 4th seed (beat Miami in 7, swept by Cleveland in 2nd round). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009-2010: I couldn't find the revenues on the Thrashers and the Hawks aren't done yet (well, not for another few hours). Final Tallies: Thrashers - Lost $24.1M, posted a record of 153-142-33 (.466%), averaged 24th in attendance/26th in payroll/28th in revenue. Hawks - Gained $27M, posted a record of 140-188 (.426%), averaged 24th in attendance/25th in payroll/25th in revenue. Since I didn't have all data for this year's Thrashers/Hawks, I didn't include it. I do know that the Hawks were 18th in attendance this year but 28th in payroll. There's the data. You take what you want from it.

That's it. Up and down on it, Mario. Almost there.