00:00all right i know i don't have a right to ask this but i'm going to if you are on
00:07hold i am
00:08going to ask you for just a little more patience and i'm sorry i know you guys are busy i
00:13appreciate
00:14you calling in you know we do but some news broke bear with me for a second because we're
00:18going to go back to the lions but when i was sent this my reaction was and now that i
00:24found that
00:25this is real i'm going to say a sentence to you that i wish were ai it's not
00:34chris illich chose linkedin to speak
00:41yeah linkedin
00:46linkedin not a podium linkedin so i'm gonna read this to you
00:53and i'm not going to yell because it's monday it's beautiful outside and well the lions have
00:59already angered me but i just would love to know what planet chris illich is on because it's not
01:06earth linkedin linkedin opening night in the nhl is always something special and friday night as
01:15our red wings began a new season at lca hockey town showed up a century of hockey and more stanley
01:23cup wins than any other american nhl team only happens with dedication and resilience the red
01:30wing spirit is a constant through the seasons from the coaches and players to the arena staff
01:35like our incredible ice crew and broadcasters and of course generations of fans i enjoyed visiting
01:43with many of them before the game to thank them for their part in our story and continuing it forward
01:49at the same time i recognize fan frustrations i get it and certainly feel the same like our city
01:57the red wings have experienced incredible triumphs and faced difficult challenges but they always met them
02:03with grit and determination as the franchise begins its 101st season i remain focused on building the
02:11championship level organization that our red wings family and fans deserve
02:24that that that i have to tell you i i there's there's nothing performative i'm i'm i'm shooting you
02:31straight that is so tone deaf that is so disrespectful that's so delusional
02:41i struggle to believe it's real but i know it's real linkedin
02:50dude your fans pulled a sell the team four minutes into the season you were there yesterday and left after
03:00the second goal linkedin linkedin linkedin
03:08what this might be the most out of touch owner in all of professional sports no hyperbole
03:18the red wings currently right now in real time are the single worst u.s professional franchise
03:28in any sport argue it with what is going on right now argue it you want to argue that the
03:37browns have
03:38been worse for longer we're having a different conversation right now from dysfunctionality
03:44from ownership from the actual on ice product to the off ice drama to trade demands players going to
03:54expedia.com and leaving camp and then demanding a trade linkedin linkedin you know what i'd love to
04:03see chris do on linkedin then lay out the plan go to linkedin and tell me why it went down
04:10this way
04:11with steve go to linkedin and tell me why your hundred name gm search yielded no one go to linkedin
04:19and tell me why simon evansons in the fjords eating smoked fish why don't you give us an update on
04:28everything that wasn't delivered in the district since you have so much time to go to linkedin
04:34linkedin get in front of a microphone linkedin linkedin why don't you go to your myspace chris
04:44well check out your favorite five songs and say hi to tom in the lower right corner
04:52linkedin these fans did sell the team chants four minutes into the season fans are frustrated
04:59no no chris fans are ready to burn your playpen down linkedin
05:07i just my god so much does the money make you that out of touch yes that's crazy yes because
05:15he
05:15thought that this message was going to go to the people who you know are smart enough to get it
05:21like
05:21you didn't even pick a popular form of social media because i'm looking like wait did he go to
05:26instagram that's linkedin hold on let me check to see yeah that's i know we're gonna keep it a lion's
05:33and we can get to the wings opening night was a disaster yesterday's a disaster you're already
05:39seeing empty seat theater if this guy thinks it's gonna get better let me help you it doesn't take
05:46miss cleo and paying me 3.99 a minute to tell you it's not call me now it's not now
05:53he probably thought
05:54the crowd was chanting get ice cream instead of sell the team because dude cookies was sending me what
06:02some fans were doing do you realize there were fans with osama bin larkin t-shirts oh yeah do you
06:08realize there were people taping over their jerseys with traitor and then other words i can't say and
06:15what was the team thinking i don't care if dylan said i have to be introduced i've got a wonderful
06:22suit to wear tonight you could not intro dylan that is a that is a recipe for disaster and what
06:29happened they couldn't get to jock jams fast enough they didn't get to the lauren larkin before it was
06:45and do it i mean it was like dude everything about them is embarrassing and unexplainable and
06:55they are the type of franchise right now they'd lose a one horse horse race they'd find a way to
07:01lose it they dumped the jockey i just linkedin yeah and that message that message doesn't even feel
07:11like it's written by someone living on planet earth oh we've won so many stanley cops dude we're homeless
07:18yeah i think uh most importantly you know he lets wants to let them know that i remain focused on
07:25building the championship level organization that our red wings family and fans deserve don't have a
07:31plan for larkin don't have a plan for evanson don't have a gm you didn't have an off season
07:38but you did interview over 100 people for a job at what point does the plan start when when do
07:45we
07:45know about the plan when does that kick in i'm wondering did he actually write this or was this
07:49co-pilot
07:56honestly that message should be read with lca dj music underneath
08:03no you know what it needs to be read with underneath
08:08oh oh man ready you want to do it again yes here i don't care i'm just going to go
08:13to this
08:14at the same time i recognize fan frustration
08:20that's that's outrageous that's a little much that's a little much let me i want to show some
08:25personal growth okay
08:30i just want to say since the owner won't say it i'm sorry to you i guys i feel terrible
08:36if you're
08:36spending your money on this i feel terrible for you that if you paid expecting an nhl product with
08:42a full-time gm and a plan and and an owner that seems engaged seems i can't prove if he
08:49is or isn't
08:50i can tell you what i think is happening i feel terrible for you because i'm like this guy
08:56and you're born on third base you're real people and you work your ass off for your money
09:03and you put your deposit down in march and everything that's happened since
09:07has been inexplicably bad and disrespectful and honestly below just below nhl standard
09:15and you're stuck and then you go to the games because you spent the money and then you you
09:20don't even want to be there and you can't get your money back no and i like i said i
09:26like him
09:27no i think right now your only goal is just to annoy the heck out of this team and let
09:33them know
09:33your frustration this is the only way you have a voice because they have your money they're not
09:39going to give it back correct so now you're saying the fan okay fine get ready for 42 games of
09:46this
09:51two more debt man keep it
09:56it's i don't care how many days
09:58it's i don't care how many days
