James Dolan
James Dolan
James L. Dolanserves as CEO of Cablevision Systems Corporation and Executive Chairman of The Madison Square Garden Company...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth11 May 1955
brian bringing diversion figure hope kids rangers relate somehow youth
It's all about youth and bringing up kids. I won't say it's impossible, but it would be a diversion from our strategy. I hope the Rangers somehow figure out a way to relate to Brian because he was such an important part of our history.
hard
It's not necessarily a mistake. I know that's hard to take when it's 15-41.
serious sounds
Everybody's gossiping about it, but no one sounds serious about buying.
best cost deserve fans great issues market product quality willing
Sure, I'd like it to cost us less, but I'm not willing to give up on any quality issues on the team, ... New York's the best market in the league, the fans are great and they deserve to have the best product that we can put on the floor. We're going to keep doing it that way.
couple current hanging seasons
The current thought is if we did a renovation, we would do it in the off-season. There would be a couple seasons where there'd be things hanging out (inside the arena). It would look like we were under construction, but we'd be able to play.
cable technology year
I think it's an affirmation that cable technology is the technology of the year 2000 and beyond,
believe execute hard mistake painful strategy wrong
I know that's hard to take when it's 15-41, but to say it's a mistake now would be to say the strategy is wrong. And I don't believe the strategy is wrong. I believe the strategy is right. It's just more painful to execute than what we thought it was going to be. It would be wrong if we don't make progress.
believe brain continue dead executing guys maybe people time
I can't say it to you any plainer than I've already said it. I'm not making a change, guys. We're going to continue on the strategy. I believe in the plan. I believe in the strategy. I believe in the guys that are executing it. Maybe some people think I'm brain dead because of that and the record. But you know what? Time will tell.