Bugs to be squashed

Mudbugs owner John Madden wants out. If he can't find a new owner the team will be folded.

http://shreveporttimes.com/article/20090505/SPORTS0303/905050319/1033

I have been getting emails about this all day. This really sucks. I cannot see anyone buying this team. Attendance is horrible. Too bad. They are a good team.

What are attendance numbers like in the CHL?

Captain Bandit wrote:

What are attendance numbers like in the CHL?

http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/attendance.html?leagueid=12&seasonid=3080


The average runs from 6500 at the top down to about 2000 at the low end. League wide average is just under 4000.

WWCD?


What Will Clayton Do?

Tough Tom wrote:

WWCD? What Will Clayton Do?

OKC??

take care of his family

that was easy to answer

this sucks for the whole league if that happens and they do indeed fold

Stone, do you need a tissue? You can always talk to Clayton in another messaging way.....it will be okay....I promise.

News has been getting progressively better since the initial shocker. Don't know what happened that soured Madden just a few weeks after he made renewed commitment to the team. May have been issues with the league, arena or union.

But as of now there are several local and out of town groups trying to work out a deal for the team. Musky is quoted in today's Times saying the Bugs have 90% chance of playing this season.

FastCars wrote:

News has been getting progressively better since the initial shocker. Don't know what happened that soured Madden just a few weeks after he made renewed commitment to the team. May have been issues with the league, arena or union. But as of now there are several local and out of town groups trying to work out a deal for the team. Musky is quoted in today's Times saying the Bugs have 90% chance of playing this season.

That is great news. It just wouldn't be the same league without the Mudbugs.

FastCars wrote:

News has been getting progressively better since the initial shocker. Don't know what happened that soured Madden just a few weeks after he made renewed commitment to the team. May have been issues with the league, arena or union. But as of now there are several local and out of town groups trying to work out a deal for the team. Musky is quoted in today's Times saying the Bugs have 90% chance of playing this season.

Hasn't Madden always been at odds with the league?

BT wrote:

Hasn't Madden always been at odds with the league?

Pretty much since the game seven fiasco in Laredo there have been issues with the league.That being said I tend to think (absolutely no inside info on the matter) that is has something to do with dealing with the players union.

MuskyBugs in the NAHL would be nice.

give it a fuckin rest ass bag go back to the NAHL Forum.

NETMINDER wrote:

give it a fuckin rest ass bag go back to the NAHL Forum.

You continue to show a lot of class nettie.

I got more class in one hand then in your whole family

NETMINDER wrote:

I got more class in one hand...

I named mine "Cobra" because it's always spitting.

With 2 consecutive play off sweeps, losing to Laredo twice during the finals and current economic issues from the past 2 seasons, it's just too much for one owner to take on his own. Hopefully a new owner can save the team but with the current economic situation it may not work.

5forfighting wrote:

NETMINDER wrote: I got more class in one hand... I named mine "Cobra" because it's always spitting.

ROFLMAO