Ken Sawyer
Ken Sawyer
stood
They stood under it as if it were a shelter.
thoughts
My first thoughts were we need a new arena.
create suits
I want to create an organization that suits the times.
bowl community helps hope people short sports super team terms understand
I think the Super Bowl actually helps people understand what a sports team can do for a community in terms of coalescing that community. We hope to be back in your championship in a very short time. So, I think it's helpful.
coin encourage equal great local ownership people step
Having local ownership is a great asset, and we would look very favorably on that. All things equal and if it's a coin toss, we encourage local people to step up and be a part of this.
players team
I would think players would want to come to a team that's going to win.
building coming problem supply time
It's not the first time we've had this problem with Duquesne Light. I don't know if it's the supply coming into the building or a problem with the building itself. I want to find out what's the problem.
arena build great hard money offering opportunity question state
It would be pretty hard to question 'Why not do this? It's a great opportunity to get a new arena. ... We don't need state money. They can put the state money to other uses. We're offering to build the arena at no cost.
community expected great hope jump mario none opportunity perfectly stay team
I hope none of you expected Mario to own this team forever. He's done more than he should ... and he's teed this up perfectly for the community to jump at a great opportunity for this team to stay here.
lots others pressure raise returns
With others firms, there's lots of pressure because they need to show returns to raise another fund.
board came change decision difficult discussion forward generation involved members move next team time
This was a difficult decision that we did not take lightly. It involved all the members of our board and after much discussion we all came to the same conclusion: it was time to make a change and move forward with the next generation team under new leadership.
agreed change decision difficult move time
This was a difficult decision we did not take lightly. But we all agreed it was time to make a change and move forward.
absolutely money steadily whether work
We've been making payments steadily whether there was a work stoppage or not or whether we made money or not. That's just the way we do business. There's absolutely a sense of pride.
assistant former none
You can be an assistant GM, former GM, you could be an agent, you could be none of the above.