Posts About "Hasso Plattner"
San Jose Sharks 2016-17 Review: Owner & GM
May 15th, 2017 We're up to part seven of our season review of the San Jose Sharks, covering the ownership and general manager. Sharks Season Review: The Main Points The Forwards The Defense The Goalies Salary Cap and Roster Coach GM and Owner Summary (coming next) Looking at the Sharks management, this season, we find...
Sharks and a Move to Plunder
April 1st, 2017 Gertrude Stein famously described her childhood city, Oakland, California, saying “there is no there there.” And, for a second time, the Oakland Raiders won’t be there either. This week, the NFL announced a vote in favor of the team moving to Las Vegas. For Raider fans, this is their second betrayal at the hands of the Davis...
San Jose Sharks 2015-16 Review: Summary
June 27th, 2016 We’ve finally come the finale of our Sharks season review, To catch up on any of the prior subjects, click on the appropriate link. Main Points Forwards Defense Goalies The Roster and the Cap Coach GM and Owner Summary In this article, I‘ll do a quick overview, fill in a few gaps missed in earlier articles and...
The San Jose Sharks 2015-16 Review: GM and Owner
June 24th, 2016 We have reached the penultimate article in our season review of the San Jose Sharks. For any of the prior articles, just click on the hyperlink: Main Points Forwards Defense Goalies The Roster and the Cap Coach GM and Owner It was a moment. The San Jose Sharks players were out on the ice, having just captured the...
Sharks Deliver Resilient Performance in Game 1 Win
April 15th, 2016 In the midst of the postgame media scrum in the Sharks locker room in Staples Center on Thursday night, an older man with white hair entered, clapping vociferously. "Hey guys ... hey come on Burnzie, eh?" he said loudly in front of Brent Burns' locker. The man, who the majority of hockey fans wouldn't recognize, was Hasso...
The San Jose Sharks: 5 Things to Be Thankful For
November 24th, 2015 There are lots of things to be thankful for with the San Jose Sharks. Way more than five. But it’s the holiday season so we’ll keep this list short. Hopefully, you're spending Thanksgiving with friends and family, even if that means avoiding subjects like politics and religion. At least everyone can agree on hockey, right? I'll...
The San Jose Sharks at 25: A Worthy Celebration
October 1st, 2015 This season will be the 25th for the San Jose Sharks. Well, sort of. Measuring the years and the dates gets a bit clumsy, as the NHL missed a season. For the record, the Sharks' initial season came in 1991-92, with the team playing games in the unimpressive San Francisco venue known as the Cow Palace. So while this will be the 24th...
A Tale of Two Players and the San Jose Sharks
June 30th, 2015 "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times". That famous Charles Dickens opening line pretty much described the Sharks playoffs a year ago versus the Kings, winning 3 straight and looking like it was the best of times, then losing 4 straight to make it the worst. Out of that humiliating defeat, Sharks General Manager Doug...
The Road to Abilene and The San Jose Sharks
June 13th, 2015 There is an old video about human nature which centres around a small group's miserable road trip to Abilene, Texas. The video shows the road trip plan coming together in a dysfunctional environment, leading to a result that frustrates everyone. The group all went to Abilene, even though no one wanted to go to there. The San Jose...
Sharks Owner Hasso Plattner To Fans: I'm Listening
May 11th, 2015 It doesn’t happen every year. Sharks owner Hasso Plattner showed up at SAP Center, aka the Shark Tank, spoke publicly and answered questions. This was the first time he has spoken to the media in over 2 years, and only the second time Plattner has spoken publicly since he took over the Sharks nearly 2½ years ago. Very Good...
Breaking: Sharks Owner Criticizes Fans
May 8th, 2015 In a joint press conference between the San Jose Sharks and the city of San Jose, team owner Hasso Plattner accurately acknowledged the team's shortcomings. Courtesy of CSN California's Kevin Kurz: https://twitter.com/KKurzCSN/status/596785652852760576 Yet even though the owner correctly recognizes team deficiencies, he continues...
Misguided Sharks Management Showing Zero Accountability
April 24th, 2015 Sharks Fans United Against Management It is one thing when only a vocal small core of die hard fans of a franchise are calling for an upheaval of management. It is another when over 90% of the Facebook comments shown at the bottom of owner Hasso Plattner's letter on the Sharks website are calling for the removal of GM Doug...
Hasso Plattner Reaches Out, Shark Fans Scream
April 24th, 2015 San Jose Sharks fans rarely hear from the owner, Hasso Plattner. It had been nearly a full year since Plattner's last communication with the fan base, that is, until late Thursday afternoon. Plattner put out a message to the fan base on the team website. It spells out a number of things. Some are straightforward. There are the usual...
