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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Levenson backs Waddell
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Interesting stuff from Atlanta Spirit co-owner Bruce Levenson this morning. First, I want to give him credit for giving me over an hour of his time and not ducking any tough questions. We spanned a ton of issues, from the disgruntled season ticket holders to the future of Don Waddell. I’m not giving away too much here, because it’ll all be in a long Sunday Q and A.
The biggest news out of it is that Waddell’s job is safe. Levenson said that he doesn’t believe the team is too far away from where it needs to be and that tearing things down this summer would be very short-sighted. He realizes firing Don Waddell might be a popular move for some angry Thrashers fans but he said ultimately that decision would be a mistake.
Your thoughts?
He hinted at some organizational changes, which you’ll read about when the whole thing is put online - most likely on Friday. And said his biggest mistake was letting Waddell coach and be the general manager the entire season. “It’s impossible for a guy to do both those jobs, in my judgment,” he said. It was refreshing to hear somebody in the organization actually say they made a mistake, that’s something you don’t hear very often around the Thrashers.
Report from Carroll Rogers: Carroll is covering the game tonight and she attended the morning skate while I talked to Levenson. She said Johan Hedberg is starting in goal and there won’t be any other changes to the lineup. Todd White is out for the white out and Alexei Zhitnik continues to sit.
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