Paul Mott
Paul Mott
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George Shinn is the major reason why I'm here, ... I really like the man and respect him. He is a modest, unassuming man who cares about the right things. The NBA is filled with generous owners, and there's no owner that's more sincerely generous. His view on the people that are in the arena and in the community and in his staff ? he's a visionary, he's a leader. He needed a manager, and I think we've formed a very formidable duo. I believe in his vision, he believes in my ability to execute, and together I think we're doing something pretty special in New Orleans.
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I'm committed to having a presence in Louisiana this season. What form that takes, I'm not sure,
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We will then reach out to our ticket holders as soon as we can and ask them if they'd like us to hold their money on account as a deposit on tickets for our 2006-07 return to New Orleans,
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We'd hope those people would do that. That would be best for us as a company. If it doesn't work for them, and they need that money back, and many people may, we'd refund their money in some fashion.
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I'd like to sell the building out every game.
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Of course, if there are people who need to get that money refunded, then we will work to get that done. For those in Louisiana, especially in Baton Rouge, we're going to offer a presale opportunity for the Baton Rouge games. In our communication with them, we will explain what we are proposing.
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We're looking at what makes the most sense.
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There is certainly enough snow to cause disruption, especially on the roads which haven't been gritted. Driving conditions will remain difficult all week. It will remain bitterly cold until Thursday or Friday with further snow showers expected. Milder weather should take over from then on.
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I reported to the Senior Bowl healthy and sprained my ankle in practice, ... I reported to the Rowdies right away. I was young and naive, and I was hell-bent on making sure I could get on the field and make the team. I played hurt the whole time. My ankle is permanently destroyed.
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I think the games in Baton Rouge will start in mid-December based on the parameters we got from the people at LSU. We're still in negotiations.
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I find it easy to get over any disappointments because of the bigger issues facing everybody's lives,
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We're going to take our resources and spread them across a wider reach. We'll repay the citizens of Oklahoma City and provide them with their best NBA experience, because this might be their only one. But we'll try not to lose step with what we were doing in the New Orleans marketplace. We don't want people (in New Orleans) to ask, 'Where were you?' These are our fans. And our fellow citizens.
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We want our season ticket holders to know that we appreciate their continued support and offering tickets to our preseason game against the Heat is a small token of that appreciation. We hope to see everyone not only at that game, but at all six regular-season games in Baton Rouge throughout the season.
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Our first concern is Allan's health, but we have the utmost confidence that having Jeff in place will enable us to move on without missing a beat, ... His experience has made him knowledgeable about every facet of basketball operations and I look forward to having him use that insight to put the best possible team on the floor.