Attracting Prospective Owners

[jorgenswest]

The off season goal for the Pohlad’s must be to make this franchise attractive. I am wondering how they will go about accomplishing that goal.

Do they add to the payroll to generate excitement and ticket sales?

Do they refrain from any multiyear obligations? Do they try to sell off some of their current obligations?

Do they thin out the front office, support and scouting staff obligations or do they build up a strong foundation?

I am a little concerned that they may try to reduce obligations and weaken the longer term foundation while trying to give an appearance of a competitive team. Hopefully the sale will happen quickly.

 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

1 hour ago, jorgenswest said:

The off season goal for the Pohlad’s must be to make this franchise attractive. I am wondering how they will go about accomplishing that goal.

Do they add to the payroll to generate excitement and ticket sales?

Do they refrain from any multiyear obligations? Do they try to sell off some of their current obligations?

Do they thin out the front office, support and scouting staff obligations or do they build up a strong foundation?

I am a little concerned that they may try to reduce obligations and weaken the longer term foundation while trying to give an appearance of a competitive team. Hopefully the sale will happen quickly.

 

My prediction is to pull out the Private Equity playbook and wring every nickel of overhead out of the operation that they can to artificially inflate net profit.
 

The same for cash flow, but they’ll have a hard time cutting payroll enough to make a dent without sacrificing competitiveness.

[jctwins]

You're assuming they're better business people than they really are.