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Very well stated and I can't disagree with a word. But coming from a follower of the team in Fayetteville for several years it just doesn't work for me to pretend the past didn't happen. Could the team rebrand again and erase a 10th and 8th place finish? I kid!

Valid point, I figured there are market based reasons for it, but, as an outsider, it comes across like a desperate cry for PR when they are constantly trumpeting "first time ever" and "franchise record" for every little thing when it's simply not factual. It stands in sharp contrast to most minor league teams, who try to shoe horn the history of their local predecessors that actually isn't theirs; meanwhile, Fayetteville is an SPHL charter member who seems intent to keep that a secret.

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Ooofff- some things are bes' lef' unsaid, but @MarksmenOwner sure didn't pull any punches with those tweets!

I wouldn't be too quick to say that, the only schedule I have seen has an asterisk noting that 2 of Columbus's "home" games are actually neutral site games I would not be at all surprised to find that it ends up the two Watertown games are actually played somewhere farther north ( Winston-Salem maybe) so that Watertown doesn't have to make the nearly 18 hour bus trip to Columbus.

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Yeah, no. Don't congratulate them for making a "balanced" schedule that's also unbalanced in the simplest way possible. While it's nice that they don't have their version of PEO and QC playing each other 28 times, giving some teams more chances to gain standings points is the bushiest of bush league.

In the league media guide, the Marksmen will be listed as a charter member for the base fact it was a purchased franchise. The history and records will be retained by the Marksmen, unless, the ownership is against such. The team being purchased meant the new ownership wanted a fresh brand and a fresh start on hockey in Fayetteville, and it IS considered a new franchise from a branding perspective. It's a new team and new name that promotes THAT brand, same with the Macon Mayhem.Macon was a new franchise as the Mayhem but that franchise retains all history of Twin City/Pee Dee/Augusta. It's not a marketing or PR thing, it's about a fresh start and to get people accustomed to something new and set apart from the past.

Took a glance at last year's signing thread. Hints started June 21, first player announcement was June 22. The first player signing announcement for the league last year was June 11 (Bham). This year, again, it was June 11 [(Pensacola)(FA Camp Invitee)].

Beside the completely ridiculous PR milking strategy here, can some Marksmen fans please explain this to me: why do they always refer to themselves as a new franchise and pretend the FireAntz history didn't happen?

At least it's not

Lotta hype....little impact... Thought it would be real news...

Yeah, I hope they stopped the presses in time to get this breaking news announced.

I never knew a sports season could start on a Saturday!!!! WAIT, WAIT!!!! What if it could start on a Tuesday or Thursday? This is BREAKING NEWS!!!

I just wait until the next version comes out and buy it when its cheaper. Still $30 and can get it for free. Works out for me and save the money. I'm still working on the training camp where you have to do everything before you go ahead. Its killing me

Me too. Always fun to head to the game after having Thanksgiving dinner. Even though I always eat too much before the game and stuffed for the whole game.

Christian Pavlas, Carolina Thunderbirds championship goalie will be invited to training camp. https://pensacolaiceflyers.com/pavlaspressrelease/

The word is on Thursday Evansville will announce Jeff Bes as new head coach. Atleast thats what I read on Bus League Hockey post. If you read it on the internet it has to be true.

If he was so bad (and I'm not arguing that point), then why say you're "disappointed we couldn't re-sign him"? Maybe it was just spun to show an amicable separation instead of airing dirty laundry. It was all water under the bridge until recent tweets that stirred the pot.

As like any other professional sport, Gm's/coaches always part ways in a professional manner no matter the cause. I knew Chuch despised Bes from the conversation we had in the office. He said the players hated him and could not trust Bes. He was the reason we had players jump to the European league. All I have to say is, good luck Evansville.

This is not the first time Mr Bes has been accused (though not proven) of cheating. See topic started 12/31/17- "Ice Flyers Goalie".

According to a Fayetteville Observer article on 6/10/17 Norris tried to resign Bes who left to be closer to home . Why all the uproar now and not then about lying and cheating , especially when he wound up in Pensacola ? https://www.fayobserver.com/sports/20170610/bes-opts-not-to-return-to-coach-marksmen.

That might be a way to truly sellout the Crown. Fayetteville fans would it.

I listened to this somewhere else, but it was only 1 minute long and was thinking it didn't seem like a full interview. So didn't post it because wasn't much to it. The full version was a whole lot better

New Thunderbolts coach Jeff Bes eager to turn struggling franchise around By Chad Lindskog - Courier & Press Read more at: https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/hockey/thunderbolts/2019/05/30/evansville-thunderbolts-name-jeff-bes-new-head-coach/1271560001/

Kallechy has been head coach for only 1 season.

My name is Molly and I'm an Ice Bears fan. I love going to the games with my parents.

Bes is a garbage coach, but does Fayetteville really have room to comment coming out of their recent dysfunction?

Next it's going to be the Federal Penal Hockey League

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I know little about the FHL other than what many posters here have posted. But I am glad to have hockey back in Columbus Columbus has a core base of fans that will support hockey. Visiting other barns may be a stretch in this league!! All we can do is give them a chance because it was pretty obvious we were not getting a SPHL team back in Columbus anytime in the near future!

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It was also talked about with the Commish on this week's Sin Bin podcast. He mentioned the one thing people don't think about most times. You've got arenas and teams that don't even have video boards, therefore usually only have one camera. Video replay isn't happening with one camera at the top of the lower bowl. Also, even if a team has multiple cameras, those camera operators aren't the high quality, full-time camera operators that work on big time broadcasts of the major leagues or D1 sports. We'd be having the same conversations around the league if some guy lost focus on the puck and missed a kicking motion that sent a puck into a net. Costs would increase greatly to get all the cameras, the broadcast and/or replay system, people to run the system, people to work the cameras. And the money goes even higher if you want to have people there on a consistent basis. There are teams that can't even get consistent staffing to operate the cameras they do have.

Peoria hockey stalwarts Joe and Ric Olson die hours apart: ‘We are devastated’ By Dave Eminian - Journal Star Read more at: https://www.pjstar.com/sports/20190604/peoria-hockey-stalwarts-joe-and-ric-olson-die-hours-apart-we-are-devastated