Posted May 30, 2020, 12:03 AM UTC · locked
Mr. Plattner is a great owner. He usually doesn’t do anything and lets Doug Wilson and his staff take care of everything. However, when he needs to do something, he delivers and then lets his staff do the rest as he goes to the background again.
That’s the best kind of owner, imho.
The key to leadership is just finding the right people and letting them be leaders too.
He's also been involved in wooing players to the team - I know he was involved in the Karlsson trade, for instance, but you'd never know it if you didn't go looking for that information. He doesn't steal the limelight and he supports his players. It's great.
Proud of my team. Hope they are the first of many.
I wish my owner wasn't a piece of shit :/
Did Jacobs pay $1.5 Million he pledged the employees once the season was officially cancelled.
Yeah, but it was in Schrute bucks.
Come to me bby
Yep, unlike one of my other teams. Looking at you A’s
In the same boat as an Earthquakes supporter. Fisher out.
Yep. Sooner that cheapskate motherfucker sells the A’s and the quakes the better.
Mildly upset about the A's
It’s horseshit
Maybe if the Giants didn’t fuck them out of the South Bay like selfish little shits then the A’s wouldn’t have to pinch pennies.
The owner is a billionaire. No reason they can’t pay the minor leaguers. And don’t even get me started on the futility of the quakes.
You’re right, and it’s not the place for me to make that argument, but the Giants still pigeonholed them.
Love you, Hasso.
Fantastic fuckin' owner.
That’s our owner :’)
It pains me to say it, but I think I’m a Sharks fan now.
You can be both.
My friend who is the most hockey knowledgeable person I know is a Red Wings fan, and she's pretty damn cool.
Sharks and Wings had a seriosuly underrated rivalry before they moved to the East. It was never dirty (for the most part) but built on some incredible games and playoff matchups. I was incredibly bummed when they moved.
And Wings fan ALWAYS show up in huge numbers at the Tank. And they are great visiting fans too. Lots of great conversations with them at games over the years.
I feel that rivalry had a lot of respect between both sides but still had the intensity. Always so much fun to watch those playoff series.
was thinking the same thing. Feels good to see an organization back up their employee like that.
Especially since ownership hardly ever says anything. Definitely was not expecting this.
As a Sharks fan who inherited a fondness for the Red Wings from her Michigan born and bread father, I'd like to welcome you to the very exclusive club! There aren't a lot of us, but we're all pretty awesome ;)
General point since there are a ton of Evander threads out there: he can be a shitty person and still not be wrong in this case. Assholes can make good points.
Kane is a very solid hockey player with a great diversity of skills on the ice... and he is black. Imagine the pile of racist shit he has had to slog through his entire career. How many racist remarks did he catch from kids on the ice or their parents in the stands? I wouldn’t be surprised if his game and attitude was influenced by having to defend himself on and off the ice as he worked his way through the sports gauntlet that it takes to make the NHL. I am glad he never let this crush his dream and he uses his status to speak out rather than staying silent.
broken clock is right TWICE a day
I... Think... You're being supportive? Idk. Kane can be a dick on the ice but he's one of the few players willing to speak up on social issues, and that's important.
my "joke" was most people would only give him credit for being right once. He's got a lot of good in him imo.
Now if only he paid his debts
Proud of my city
Not proud of what’s going on rn tho (all the protests)
I have no problem with the protests, but I'm not super excited about the rioting and property damage. That said, I'm also not thrilled with the police using teargas, percussive grenades, and rubber bullets either.
How the fuck else are you going to stop rioting? Ask them to please go home? Quietly disperse? God, Reddit is so fucking stupid.
Don’t put with police stopping rioters on the same level as rioting. Don’t put it on the same level as what happened in Minnesota.
have you not seen the countless examples of police using aggressive tactics that escalate otherwise peaceful protests? There are a lot of ways to manage crowds so that things are deescalated and they remain peaceful, but the police get a gun and badge after 4 months of training so they don't know any of them. All they're taught is violent techniques, like driving through crowds and pepper spraying peaceful protestors.
If law enforcement doesn't have to obey the social contract of a good society, why would you expect the oppressed to?
An entire thread and no mention of what Evander Kane actually said. Someone fill me in please.
on First Take, on Sportsnet, + more retweets and other shorter bits on his twitter
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Racism is bad
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Clearly there is if it's always been there and doesn't look to be going away anytime soon
How about we try to fix that, then?
Polio was around for a really long time too, and at times it didn't look to be going away but we managed to crack that nut.
Finding a way to not treat people worse because of the colour of their skin seems like it should be easier then that. Don't you?
We all must find a way to do better...unless it’s politically inconvenient
He’s probably right but I really wish sports teams would stay far away from politics whenever possible; it can become such a messy can of worms.
The fact that racism is seen as being a political issue is so fucking sad.
Like it or not, racism is a thought, and we have free thought in society.
Yea, and in a society of free expression we have the duty to make every single racist feel like the genuine scumbag that they are.
A good way to do that is by coming out publically and denouncing them at every possible opportunity.
No, we have the choice to do that. I choose to stand against hate in all forms (except for hating the Islanders)
When did "racism is bad" become political? Whose politics are "racism is good"?
The current situation is a lot more complicated than “racism is bad” though. It deals with police policies, riot management, coronavirus spread risk, etc.
That doesn't make "racism is bad" a controversial or political statement. It being controversial or political suggests there is a group whose politics or beliefs are "racism is good"...
But Kane’s statement was about more than just racism, it was about policing.
Super easy to say/ignore when you’re white.
Sharks fan since day 1, with Kane as one of my favorite players:
bro, everybody knows racism is bad.
Millions think racism doesn’t exist.
I don't understand where a person's head is at if they believe race is relevant to anything. How can the range of the light spectrum that your skin reflects into my eyes an indication of anything? How is it any different than haircolour or arm-length? Maybe I'm the stupid one and "race" is super important for some reason.
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They really don't 'bro'.
Shit take homie
And that's never stopped people from being racists.
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RIP Karma
This is a really thoughtful response that both takes a stand against racism and backs up an employee. Nicely done.
Gotta feel good for Evander to be so outspoken and then the man who signs his paychecks weighs in having his back in the most public way possible.
Those Sharks haters got it all wrong.
I hope he stays with us until retirement and takes a job with the team.
I'm so happy he found a home.
There were so many rumours about him here in Winnipeg and I felt badly for him. I'm not sure how much of it is true, if any, but I always thought he was a decent guy that got the shit stick in a new city.
I love the player off the ice I've just questioned some of his actions on. He's vocal and passionate, which is something the sport needs more of. There's a lot of young hockey players that will look up to him for years. The amount of racist shit that used to be spewed around the lockerooms I was in was disgusting. I'll admit I've been a bystander before. With people being vocal hopefully hockey can continue to become a more diverse sport. There's a lot of great athletes that this league has probably missed out on.
Hell, even if he leaves that doesn't mean he can't come back after he retires. Joel Ward has made San Jose his permanent home and has been pretty clear that he wants to work for the Sharks in some capacity and Devon Setoguchi works for the broadcasting team. The organization clearly is welcoming to and supportive of players of color and I'm really fucking happy about that.
Nah I hate the sharks for hockey reasons though
Read the room
I thought this was a hockey subreddit??
Not the time, bud.
But r/hockey told me that it's super hard for you to say something condemning racism. How will this be twisted? (Hint: it won't be)
In my personal life, I struggled with whether it made sense to say something about all this racist shit happening because I'm white and I didn't want it to seem like I was trying to prioritize my voice over the voices of people of color. Maybe some of the players feel this way too. But reading statements like the Sharks owner's and Brian Boyle's is making me reconsider my view.
You should. Add your voice. It doesn’t silence anyone. If you get feedback, consider it and maybe you’ll change what you say after that. But you should never feel the need to completely abstain from a conversation.
Your voice as a white person is important because you’re showing POC that you are an ally. They feel that they aren’t alone in their fight. Research shows that white people are more likely to listen to a message from a minority group if allies from the majority group are corroborating it. Please do speak up.
My default setting on things like this is to call it out when I see white people being racist. That's my lane as a white person who is trying hard to be an ally, that and retweeting black voices and resources for other white people to educate themselves.
The fundamental rules as I see them are don't talk over black voices, listen when they tell you something, and try to support and magnify their voices whenever possible. That and donating money if you can are huge.
Bro, I beat cancer, and I can say with certainty that it was nothing compared to the courage it took for me (as a straight, white man) to say "Racism IS NOT acceptable" on Twitter.
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Yeah, strangely enough, now's not the time for sarcasm on Reddit.
Plattner seems like an awesome owner. He writes the checks, but you never hear his name because he stays out of the way.