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TurdTom Hicks is now history. With Tom Gaglardi purchasing the Dallas Stars the other day, Hicks is a liner note, smudge on the page of Dallas sports.
He did a little good. When I mean "little" and "good" I mean there were certain good things that happened to have happened while he was owner of the Stars and Texas Rangers. It's like putting me in charge of a space shuttle mission to Jupiter and successfully stocking enough Tang on board.
Otherwise, the fucking ship crashed. Dallas sports collapsed under and around Hicks. If he weren't such a turdburger, I might feel a little sorry for him. Then you realize how faulty the foundation was to his organization. Using other people's money to buy shit -- really expensive shit, like sports franchises -- and then you realize that you don't make money in the middle of a season off sales of hot dogs and T-shirts you cut back.
Hicks' self-proclaimed idea of running a sports teams hinged on the idea that if fans showed up, he'd spend money on the product.
Unfortunately, Hicks must have missed that day in economics class. The market doesn't determine the market. The consumer determines the market -- prices, product, overhead and all that shit.
Plus, add into the mix the Dallas-Fort Worth sports consumer. This is not a "die-hard" sports town. Ninety percent of all Dallas-Fort Worth "fans" will invest themselves whole heartedly ... if you are winning. It's a frustrating fact. But it's a fact.
Hicks, therefore, was doomed to failure in this market. Unfortunately, he's also running Liverpool Football Club into the ground and there are few more invested fans than English Premier League football.
No matter, Hicks royally fucked Dallas-Fort Worth for 16 years. What good happened during his tenure was total accident due to his inability or simply not wanting to spend any money (see: Jon Daniels, Joe Nieuwendyk, Ron Washington). The futility of the Texas Rangers and the downward spiral of the Stars is totally on him.
What's worse? He doesn't care. He could have given a flying asshole about the fan and consumer. He blamed you and us. It is your fault that you didn't go to the Ballpark to watch a 70-win Rangers team in 100-degree temperatures and drinking $9 beer.
With that, so long Tom Hicks. You were an irritating asshole. We dislike you.
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