Archive for May, 2009

Josh Byrnes = Steve Kerr

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If there's something that a young General Manager of a professional sports team should do, itis look to older, more experienced sports executives as role models. After the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series, the Arizona Diamondbacks hired their young promising assistant G.M. Josh Byrnes to lead the team into the future. After all, Byrnes had learned from Theo Epstein, the man who had [...]

What Will Coyotes Move Mean to Valley Sports?

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With the announcement that the Phoenix Coyotes may be returning to Canada after filing for bankruptcy on Tuesday, the Valley sports fan is left to wonder what this could mean to the sports scene in the Valley? Fortunately, with the Suns, Cardinals, D-Backs, plus college sports - the Arizona sports scene is packed. For most sports fans, the Coyotes won't be severely missed. The Coyotes franchise ranked [...]