Dude went ALL IN with both his teams. Gave us a dynasty in the Red Wings and childhood memories I’ll never forget. I watch them win 4 Stanley Cups.
6 Stanley Cup Final appearances in a 14 year span. From when I was around ten years old into my adulthood. Not to mention the conference finals and presidents trophy seasons.
Because of all that I’m a Red Wings fan for life.
And also parking lots
I’ve said this on another thread before… But I had a friend who used to work for Illitch Holdings and he said immediately after Mr I died, everything changed for the worse for everyone employed there. It got so bad for my friend he left for another gig. I think he said a lot of people left too. Either way, the change was bad.
I miss Pizza Pizza LC. That huge cardboard covered in a white paper envelope with 2 pizzas in it. For like 8 bucks. Mike was a solid dude and a smart buisnessman.
It’s not mentioned enough that when he found out that civil rights hero Rosa Parks’ home was robbed he found her a new apartment and paid for it until she died. He didn’t make a big public announcement or anything, he just did it.
Can we stop glazing this dude? Y’all hate Chris but don’t understand that his father was where he learned this schtick from.
I get it, he owned a few sports teams you guys have an obsessive para-social fondness for, but Mike was a slumlord of the highest degree that doesn’t get enough hate. He and Olympia have been milking the city of Detroit for 30 years at this point but because he renovated one building and kept the Tigers in Detroit he’s looked at like some sort of white savior.
“That’s my owner!”
You don’t get the first handoff of the Cup from the captain unless you deserve it. Him touching it second in 1997 was because he deserved it.
Owners like mr. I and mr. Davison are a thing of the past. Owners don’t care about outcomes, they care about incomes. We were lucky to have 2 owners who took pride in their teams. Time will tell about Sheila
Chris is fucking doing Skoobs dirty right now.
Be the man like your pop and invest in our teams again!!!
Fuck his son. Acting like a Ford. Cheap AF
Updoots for one of the most down to earth people… I wish he had a couple more years in him. He was almost done with his vision. ❤️
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Dude went ALL IN with both his teams. Gave us a dynasty in the Red Wings and childhood memories I’ll never forget. I watch them win 4 Stanley Cups.
6 Stanley Cup Final appearances in a 14 year span. From when I was around ten years old into my adulthood. Not to mention the conference finals and presidents trophy seasons.
Because of all that I’m a Red Wings fan for life.
And also parking lots
I’ve said this on another thread before… But I had a friend who used to work for Illitch Holdings and he said immediately after Mr I died, everything changed for the worse for everyone employed there. It got so bad for my friend he left for another gig. I think he said a lot of people left too. Either way, the change was bad.
I miss Pizza Pizza LC. That huge cardboard covered in a white paper envelope with 2 pizzas in it. For like 8 bucks. Mike was a solid dude and a smart buisnessman.
It’s not mentioned enough that when he found out that civil rights hero Rosa Parks’ home was robbed he found her a new apartment and paid for it until she died. He didn’t make a big public announcement or anything, he just did it.
Can we stop glazing this dude? Y’all hate Chris but don’t understand that his father was where he learned this schtick from.
I get it, he owned a few sports teams you guys have an obsessive para-social fondness for, but Mike was a slumlord of the highest degree that doesn’t get enough hate. He and Olympia have been milking the city of Detroit for 30 years at this point but because he renovated one building and kept the Tigers in Detroit he’s looked at like some sort of white savior.
“That’s my owner!”
You don’t get the first handoff of the Cup from the captain unless you deserve it. Him touching it second in 1997 was because he deserved it.
Owners like mr. I and mr. Davison are a thing of the past. Owners don’t care about outcomes, they care about incomes. We were lucky to have 2 owners who took pride in their teams. Time will tell about Sheila
Chris is fucking doing Skoobs dirty right now.
Be the man like your pop and invest in our teams again!!!
Fuck his son. Acting like a Ford. Cheap AF
Updoots for one of the most down to earth people… I wish he had a couple more years in him. He was almost done with his vision. ❤️