monsterpile wrote:I am listening to Jon K and Souhan's podcast and the issue is basically the Grizzlies owner making it hard for Kaplan to get out. I think we have heard enough about that guy to know that's probably the case. Jon seems to think the deal between Kaplan and Glen is not dead but on life support. He also says that he really thinks that Kaplan would have had some real input this summer if he would have been able to get out of his stake with the Grizzlies and make the deal with Glen.
The deal with Glen wanting to sell to me seems that he wants an exit strategy because nobody in his family wants the franchise when he is gone. You have to wonder if Flip's passing made him make more concessions for a monority owner coming on to ride shotgun than he was before and obviously when Flip was here he probably felt more comfortable with waiting a bit. Should Glen flat out sell? Maybe he should but I also can't blame him for wanting to keep ownership of a franchise finally looking like it may be turning around. He k owns the feeling of that with the Lynx I'm sure he would like to turn things around with the Wolves.
Monster, I'd be inclined to go along with your theory if this was the first time we're going through this. But it isn't. It's been happening annually now for at least five years. Glen wants to sell. Glen doesn't sell. Glen wants to sell. Glen doesn't sell. At some point you sort of stop taking it seriously. I've reached that point. I'll believe it when I see it. Multiple reports I've read over the past five years imply that Taylor effectively wants sell, but still tell the new owners how to run things (the complicated agreements" noted in today's Strib). He's not going to find a lot of takers. And that's why there is still a "For Sale" sign up for the past five years (started long before Flip passed).
monsterpile wrote:I am listening to Jon K and Souhan's podcast and the issue is basically the Grizzlies owner making it hard for Kaplan to get out. I think we have heard enough about that guy to know that's probably the case. Jon seems to think the deal between Kaplan and Glen is not dead but on life support. He also says that he really thinks that Kaplan would have had some real input this summer if he would have been able to get out of his stake with the Grizzlies and make the deal with Glen.
The deal with Glen wanting to sell to me seems that he wants an exit strategy because nobody in his family wants the franchise when he is gone. You have to wonder if Flip's passing made him make more concessions for a monority owner coming on to ride shotgun than he was before and obviously when Flip was here he probably felt more comfortable with waiting a bit. Should Glen flat out sell? Maybe he should but I also can't blame him for wanting to keep ownership of a franchise finally looking like it may be turning around. He k owns the feeling of that with the Lynx I'm sure he would like to turn things around with the Wolves.
Monster, I'd be inclined to go along with your theory if this was the first time we're going through this. But it isn't. It's been happening annually now for at least five years. Glen wants to sell. Glen doesn't sell. Glen wants to sell. Glen doesn't sell. At some point you sort of stop taking it seriously. I've reached that point. I'll believe it when I see it. Multiple reports I've read over the past five years imply that Taylor effectively wants sell, but still tell the new owners how to run things (the complicated agreements" noted in today's Strib). He's not going to find a lot of takers. And that's why there is still a "For Sale" sign up for the past five years (started long before Flip passed).
I'd say this back and forth is summed up well by saying Glen wants his cake and eat it too.
