He was a guy who wanted to develop the land while losing millions per year on a hockey team. In the end, he was played like a pinball by a rigged machine.
Should we question the poor victim WHO could have handled things better... or should we instead question the terrible system that sucked away the ONLY professional sports team on Long Island?
I think in hindsight, it is the latter.
What a sad truth and state of affairs - because if hockey fans banded together we could really do damage to these politicians fortunes. They failed us.
Instead, we have an empty building.
The show is over.
We have the memories.
Far from the happy ending everyone wanted.
We sit looking at pictures of pieces of the Coliseum being broken off and the ice being removed. We are forced to watch this autopsy of ourselves.
How do we handle this?
How do we cope?
We have to keep in mind that at least the NY Islanders are not far away. Brooklyn at least is accessible. Many cities who lost their teams cannot say the same.
Despite this, the foul history lies like an open wound. A crime where the perpetrators not only go free, still run the table for the future of Long Island.
It is a bitter end to a season, indeed. END