Check out this Stotts Article...

[Diesel]

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/sports/6347673.htm

It says that FA acquisitions have bene placed on HOLD?

Like I thought.

[Gray Mule]

The old owned and the prospective new owner should have

agreed on the coaching for the team for the upcoming

season long ago. This is dumb on everyone's part.

The Thrashers apparently have their staff together. They

appear to continue to do business as if nothing was taking

place, from what I can read in the A.J.C. This is how it

should work.

The Hawks, however, are on life support, to be generous.

They have no chance to persue any free agents, make

any trades of any kind, offer new contracts to any of

our players who are about to become, and have now

become, free agents, meaning any one can sign them

for the upcoming season and all Hawks get is an empty

slot on the roster.

We have a head coach and staff, or do we? Not really.

They are here, but they are not working with any kind

of guaranteed contract or anything. When the deal does

close {Which could happen today or it could happen

by Thanksgiving, the way things are going } the new

owner could walk in and say to all the front office people

and all the coaches, "Thanks for all you have done. Now,

you may leave quietly. You no longer work here."

Long ago, the old owner and the new owner should have

met and came to some sort of agreement. Whether or not

the sale goes thru, we both agree to hire these people for

this length of time and give them the authority to do

their job as best they can, limited but ---- You get

the idea.

If the sale goes thru, the new owner needs to protect his

investment in the team. If the sale fails, the old owners

need to protect their investment in the team. Right now,

neither side is being protected. The longer this thing

drags out, the worse it gets. And, no one is doing

anything about it!