Embrace your fans and really work with them.

Rocky Wirtz

Categorized in : Your Work Fans Embrace

I look like Scooby-Doo in a beard.

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We don't own the team; we just rent it. The fans own it, and a lot of times, they haven't been happy with the renter.

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We know we can't win the Cup every year. But we certainly can be in position to win the Cup every year, and if we've done that, I think we've earned our paycheck.

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In business, no one pays you to have a really good year and then 10 bad years.

bad good you business

The last thing you want to see is your great players in the press box or in the locker room.

your great see you

We have multiple businesses, and obviously we want every one to stand on its own, and what you don't want to do is manage one business from the profit of the other one.

stand own you business

You can technically lose money during the playoffs if you don't raise your ticket prices.

lose your you money

I understand that fans think short-term, and there's nothing wrong with that. You live or you die in the short term. But I believe in our system, and when you do that, you don't make knee-jerk decisions.

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You have to have coaches willing to adapt.

adapt you willing coaches

Throughout her life, my grandmother was a champion for the arts and giving back.

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I love my father. I disagreed with him. But he was my father. He was the boss.

him boss love father

Having the games on TV, I've always believed it's like watching a soap opera - fans can't wait for the next episode.

wait watching always fans

My idea is bring in good people and then get out of their way.

good good-people people way

Owners are made to be hated. We're the guys that trade away your favorite player.

away your trade made

The last thing that should come between two willing parties, one that wants to adopt and one that wants to find a home, is economics.

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I think that with the success of the team, more people realize that Blackhawks charities exist.

think team success people

I'd rather write a check than make myself look ridiculous.

write make myself look

Winning is good for your bottom line.

line your good winning

I think if you know Kyle ... you'll realize that he's his own person, he has his own philosophies. ... (It) is quite an advantage, to be both a fresh thinker and a open-minded thinker, but also understand our starting point very expertly. So you kind of get the best of both worlds in that sense.

I’ve told people before. When I leave a meeting with Kyle, I feel better, i feel more assured. I feel more confident, and I think that’s a feeling that hopefully everyone here and the fans can start to sense as well as they really understand Kyle’s plan going forward.