Tom McMillan
Tom McMillan
Thomas Michael "Tom" McMillan, PCis a Canadian political scientist and former politician...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 October 1945
CountryCanada
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The similarity is the spontaneity of the unexpected great news, ... No one expected Mario's comeback announcement, and no one expected us to win the lottery.
comeback great news similarity unexpected win
The similarity is the spontaneity of the unexpected great news. No one expected Mario's comeback announcement, and no one expected us to win the lottery.
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I dare say, he did more (publicity) in the preseason than any hockey player ever has,
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I've never seen anything quite like it, all the fuss over a guy they had never seen play. But the phone hasn't stopped ringing since.
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You can train someone for 50 years, but still it comes down to whether you have 'it' or you don't, ... And whatever 'it' is, he has it. Whether it's charisma, charm, poise. Here's some 18-year-old kid who understands the big picture, and some of us are 50 and we are still trying to understand it.
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As a policy, we're not going to comment and we're not going to confirm or deny any of these inquiries.
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People called us cash strapped which wasn't necessarily true, ... We just didn't spend money we didn't have.
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Even if there is a substantial new investment in the team, Mario Lemieux will continue to be involved in all aspects of the operation.
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Think about it. It's a Friday in July in Pittsburgh and it's 4:30. You don't sell season tickets on Friday evenings in July. Our staff said they would stay until the phones stopped ringing. They stayed until midnight.
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There has been a backlash against Sidney and frankly, it's amazing to us. He's our leading scorer, he's great in the community and he's there for the media after tough losses. This is not the season we've hoped for, but he has done everything asked of him. Both Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky have said they never faced the kind of pressures he has to deal with at age 18. This can be a cynical sports town and if Sidney wasn't doing his share, believe me, you'd have heard the stories from here, first.
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There has never been a three-week stretch of season ticket sales like this. Ever.
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We were hiring people as it went along, ... We were in the process of ramping up our staff. Some new people got a real indoctrination. We had to tell them it's not always like this.
hiring people process
We were hiring people as it went along. We were in the process of ramping up our staff. Some new people got a real indoctrination. We had to tell them it's not always like this.
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We are aware of the responsibility to the league as well. This isn't just a Penguin thing.