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I love how we get no Spurs coverage about anything that matters from the Express-News, but we get wall to wall coverage of the coyote's right hand man calling it quits.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/s....224ceaeb.html
Holt says changes possible for Spurs
By William Pack
Express-News Business Writer
With its veteran business and marketing chief gone, the parent company of the San Antonio Spurs will look at reorganization possibilities under the leadership of its principal owner and two other top executives.
Spurs owner Peter Holt said Wednesday that nothing was certain about any changes in the wake of Tuesday’s resignation of Russ Bookbinder, a fixture in the team’s front office for more than 20 years.
But Holt said he wanted to take the opportunity to examine the entire structure of the Spurs Sports & Entertainment operation to see if improvements are possible. The process is designed to take about 30 days, but could linger through August.
In the interim, Holt said he’d be more active in the day-to-day operations of the four-team sports enterprise, along with R.C. Buford, senior vice president and general manager of the Spurs, and Rick Pych, executive vice president for finance and corporate development.
Holt called it a three-headed leadership team that would be in place as long as it takes for organizational decisions to be made. Buford, who has been the Spurs GM for six years, and Pych, who has handled arena development, ownership relations and various political duties since 2000, will split the responsibilities Bookbinder had, Holt said.
He didn’t say organizational changes were likely, because, he said, the existing organization has been successful. But the timing is right to see if the entertainment company can benefit from the experiences of other successful franchises, Holt said.
The owner said Bookbinder’s decision to resign after a successful tenure as executive vice president of business operations surprised him and nearly everyone in the organization. But he said the timing for the Spurs and Bookbinder made sense.
Bookbinder said Wednesday that he alone made the decision to leave the Spurs so he could have more time with his family, recharge and see what opportunities arise.
“I have no plans to jump into anything,” Bookbinder said Wednesday after spending a leisurely day with his wife, responding to well wishes from friends around the country, and “not worrying about a darn thing.”
“It’s an awesome feeling,” Bookbinder said.
Former Spurs owner B.J. “Red” McCombs, who helped get Bookbinder to San Antonio in 1988, said the executive built a talented and loyal staff, a group that’s become “one of the best management teams in all of sports, not just basketball.”
Bookbinder had a “very rare touch” for creating entertainment and promotions that appealed to fans without detracting from the game, the billionaire businessman said.
“This is a guy who will be hard to replace,” McCombs said.
I love how we get no Spurs coverage about anything that matters from the Express-News, but we get wall to wall coverage of the coyote's right hand man calling it quits.
Does this mean we can no longer look forward to Day-O and If You're Happy and You Know It instrumentals?
I wanna know if this will result in the Spurs getting rid of that stupid ass "Ya'll Ready For This" lineup song.
It's so corny and childish.
I remember when the Spurs started using that song. I believe it was one of John Lucas' first games as coach in 1992. That in itself says a lot. It's been a few years since I moved from SA and I rarely get back, but I could have sworn I heard a different song a few weeks ago? Regardless, I agree with you completely. They've needed new intro music since they played in the dome.
I love how we get no Spurs coverage about anything that matters from the Express-News, but we get wall to wall coverage of the coyote's right hand man calling it quits.
Very true. The le of the article is very misleading.
Well I doubt theres anything happening with the Spurs right now at all....
cia popI love how we get no Spurs coverage about anything that matters from the Express-News, but we get wall to wall coverage of the coyote's right hand man calling it quits.
agreed they got rid of the wrong paper, and should have named the new one san antonio sadpress.....go spursI love how we get no Spurs coverage about anything that matters from the Express-News, but we get wall to wall coverage of the coyote's right hand man calling it quits.
Phew, I figured this was going to be about a raise in season ticket prices.
That's it -- I'm sure that the Spurs are about to trade David Robinson!!
That was already announced back in April.
I thought they did get rid of it this season.
I don't remember hearing it at any games this season.
Um... they did that last season.
they did get rid of the song. and it's about time, too.
but i still don't like the new song lol.
What is the new song?
Yeah, boy and it really helped, didn't it?
The spurs were not ready for this.
.....and I thought this was going to be an article about on-court changes.
Yeah, boy and it really helped, didn't it?
Wouldn't it be nice if the song was the reason we lost?
its a techno song from the matrix revolutions...no idea what the name is
I've been accusing the Spurs sound techs of using the same copy of 'Jock Jams' for years.
Last edited by taps; 06-12-2008 at 09:27 PM. Reason: missed a verb the first go-around
I maintained since the beginning of the season that we shouldn't mess with it.Wouldn't it be nice if the song was the reason we lost?
What the , we were going to keep Finley and Horry but change the SONG?
No disrespect to the guy. But Good. He wasn't helping Spurs shake the "boring" label much.
Those intros in the last few years have been out of touch.
The song they used for this year actually made me yearn for "Ya'll Ready for This" because it was amusing well enough, for its corny datedness.
Maybe we'll get some young guy in charge of operations. Help sell the product better.
Not that any of it matters about our championship runs. But still.
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