NobleSavage
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https://theathletic.com/2390146/2021/02/16/arizona-coyotes-investigation-toxic/
"Within the Coyotes offices at Gila River Arena, the new ownership?s methods raised eyebrows. Several employees felt there was a lack of understanding about what makes running an NHL team, which operates as a community asset and relies on long-standing partnerships and relationships, different from a private business. The cost-cutting measures that may have cushioned the bottom line of the Meruelo Group?s other business ventures ? the group?s CFO once bragged about drilling down on the cost of napkins ? have different implications within an NHL franchise."
"In July, after prospect Tyler Steenbergen did not receive his bonus on time, his agent, Rick Valette, sent a strongly worded email (the contents of which were shared with The Athletic) to the team over what he called a ?serious breach? of contract."
?They basically took how they managed radio stations, pizza chains and casinos and used that same playbook for a hockey team,? said one former employee.
?They default on a bill and then chisel you down to what you accept and then they pay you,? said one vendor.
"After delivering a lecture on journalism ethics, Armstrong [Arizona's GM] asked this reporter what she thought would happen if he were to tell general managers around the league how she did her job.
"Within the Coyotes offices at Gila River Arena, the new ownership?s methods raised eyebrows. Several employees felt there was a lack of understanding about what makes running an NHL team, which operates as a community asset and relies on long-standing partnerships and relationships, different from a private business. The cost-cutting measures that may have cushioned the bottom line of the Meruelo Group?s other business ventures ? the group?s CFO once bragged about drilling down on the cost of napkins ? have different implications within an NHL franchise."
"In July, after prospect Tyler Steenbergen did not receive his bonus on time, his agent, Rick Valette, sent a strongly worded email (the contents of which were shared with The Athletic) to the team over what he called a ?serious breach? of contract."
?They basically took how they managed radio stations, pizza chains and casinos and used that same playbook for a hockey team,? said one former employee.
?They default on a bill and then chisel you down to what you accept and then they pay you,? said one vendor.
"After delivering a lecture on journalism ethics, Armstrong [Arizona's GM] asked this reporter what she thought would happen if he were to tell general managers around the league how she did her job.
