How Joe Johnson ran the Thrashers out of town

[NineOhTheRino]

Didn't see this posted.

Bradley: How Joe Johnson (unwittingly) ran the Thrashers out of town

I think Gilbert is still the leader. Still get ready to hear a ton of Joe Johnson talk this summer during CBA talks. Owners will try to put rules in place that will prevent other idiot owners from signing mediocre talent to lucrative contracts.

Edited June 13, 2011 by NineOhTheRino

[Colin]

This is getting ridiculous.

[AHawks89]

Mark Bradley is my least favorite writer. All he does is complain and is always negative about every thing. When we talk about how bad Atlanta media is, he is right in the picture.

(In my opinion)

[niremetal]

I'm still trying to think of ways to run Bradley and Schultz out of town.

[Duff_Man]

I thought it was an interesting take. ASG was made to look pretty bad. And they are.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

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Bradley is truly one of the worst writers I've ever seen at a newspaper. Some of us bloggers can write better and more well thought out articles than him.

LOL @ blaming JJ, and not the city coming out to watch the Thrashers, for its demise in ATL.

People act like JJ is making 25 million a year already. Fact is, he hasn't made over 18 mill a year in his 6 years in Atlanta. This year will be the 1st year he cracks 18 mill.

Incompetent management and ownership is to blame for both the Hawks and Thrashers not achieving the desired goals that the fans seek.

The JJ deal actually saved the Hawks. I guess Bradley and the rest of the peole forget that we were a complete laughingstock before JJ came here.

People may have grown tired of JJ after 6 years, but Bradley is a DAMN FOOL if he believes that JJ ( directly or indirectly ) caused the Thrashers to be out of Atlanta.

Incompetent ownership/management + a dispassionate hockey fan base in ATL is the reason why there is no hockey in ATL.

And had the same ownership/management group made the correct pick in the 2005 nba draft, we may be talking about the Hawks only piece to compete for a title,

[AHF]

This is a huge stretch. Plenty of blame to put on the ASG; not sure why Bradley feels the need to bring JJ into the mix.

[DrReality]

Think there is some truth to it but the writer is a sensationalist. Jock sniffer

[NineOhTheRino]

Bradley is proof that the newspaper business is dead. Just plain lazy and predictable.

Edited June 14, 2011 by Not5Not6Not7

[Guest]

ASG wanted to get rid of Thrashers for a long time. They are basketball fans first and foremost.

[mrhonline]

He must have his interns write his articles.