Several things to say here on several subjects. First I want to let you know that, if I have been a bit remiss in answering your email questions or in posting here this past week, I am sorry. A dear friend was mowed down by a truck on the streets of New York last Saturday, [...]
I believe this was Marilyn Dershowitz. May she rest in peace. Was a fantastic woman who lead a fascinating life. My condolences.
I'm related to Alan Dershowitz. I never met any of them though. My dad said he only met Marilyn once.
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"I don't even understand what the point of all this arguing is. Are you guys hoping that the other side is going to have an epiphany and go 'Oh, OH! You're right, we ARE going to lose this series!'" -Crease
Condolences about your friend, Leslie. Hope you and the family are hanging in there as best you can.
As to the paragraphs on the RFAs - I'm not liking the subtext I'm reading about Boyle both from this article and Gross's tweet yesterday. Sounds like he's pushing towards either an above market deal or arbitration so that he can be an UFA after this year.... I can't blame him as this would be one case of an athlete who doesn't get paid that much (relatively speaking) doing what's best for his family. Hopefully they work something out.
Any updates on why Cam Hope decided to leave?
Last edited by BrooklynRangersFan: 07-09-2011 at 06:55 AM.
As to the paragraphs on the RFAs - I'm not liking the subtext I'm reading about Boyle both from this article and Gross's tweet yesterday. Sounds like he's pushing towards either an above market deal or arbitration so that he can be an UFA after this year.... I can't blame him as this would be one case of an athlete who doesn't get paid that much (relatively speaking) doing what's best for his family. Hopefully they work something out.
Any updates on why Cam Hope decided to leave?
I don't know the story behind Cam Hope leaving his position. I did not ask and he did not offer.
As for Brian Boyle, like all employees, I am sure that he wants to get the best package he can. I know that he wants to stay in New York and that the Rangers want him, and both know the dangers of going to arbitration, so it's likely to get done before.
Last edited by Leslie Treff: 07-09-2011 at 07:07 AM.
I don't know the story behind Cam Hope leaving his position. I did not ask and he did not offer.
As for Brian Boyle, like all employees, I am sure that he wants to get the best package he can. I know that he wants to stay in New York and that the Rangers want him, and both know the dangers of going to arbitration, so it's likely to get done before.
Boyle is an interesting case. He took a cheap 2 yr one way deal and in the 2nd yr he hit 20 goals..........thing is they cant over pay for him. I would go to 1.2 even a 1 yr if he wants to prove he can do it again
I work for the Postal Service and I can tell you that there is a lot of pressure on postal carriers (I'm a clerk--so I don't drive) to race around and do their routes and collections as fast as possible. They have points along their routes that they have to scan and they are tracked by their supervisors and the threat of being disciplined for not reaching arbitrary performance standards has been increasing exponentially from year to year while at the same time mail routes are being consolidated--which also means expanded territorially. It's a recipe for a disaster of this kind--especially in a large city like New York.
I don't know how negligent the driver was but these people are under a lot of pressure these days--and no doubt the USPS is going to nail him to a wall--as in take away his job but it's very unlikely that USPS is going to change anything otherwise. More or less what you can expect from them is window dressing. These used to be good middle class jobs. They're not anymore.
Last edited by eco's bones: 07-09-2011 at 08:19 PM.
RIP
