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leafnose
Certainly celebrating the man.
Tragic still to think of what transpired on the way to success.
The move to Anaheim.
The utter lack of vision by the LA leaders to avoid the calamity. SoCal exposure increased, but to a baseball stadium?
Carroll's sudden death.
Shaw, Frontiere.
St Louis. Their joy, our heartbreak.
Then the impossible: a miracle no less.
A return to us.
It might have been 2013 or 2014
I was with my son down on the beach. Zuma
Remembering there was sub artic conditions in St Louis in February, and some 85 degrees in Malibu, and Stan just happened to be in Malibu that day, too.
Local sports radio picked up Stan being on the coast. There had been some grumblings that a possible franchise move could be in the offing. Said out loud then to the kid, that with this kind of weather and need for warm weather cities to host Super Bowls that this might be more than just a sound bite.
Back to Rosenbloom and Stan.
I'm not sure even Carroll, in his wildest notions, would have come up with a master plan that blossomed into this sort of sports empire.
And I have to scream about the new practice facilities at Warner Center. This is really an extraordinary and brilliant move.
Right in the heart of the Valley. TBH, this branded facility, and the immense amount of additional retail envisioned is genius.
I'll admit I didn't think they'd ever choose a location that was in high density area, but as the plan is revealed it might the final bow on the franchise's fulfillment of the dream.
Truly epic
Someday people will look back at this stuff and see it all for what it was, a reinstatement of the league's coverage of the second most important market in the US and the rise of a franchise back to the elite level it would have been had the owner not been cut down early by the drowning.
Honestly this whole thing feels like karma to me. We suffered badly under Georgia as a fan base. It was terrible and the GSoT didn't make up for it. To this day I hate her and I'm not a guy who does hate very often. So to see the franchise do a 180 under Stan and return to LA and reestablish themselves is so gratifying. And then on top of that to see the world class stadium and a future of a travel destination for camp, where fans can fly in and enjoy seeing their team and all that... Just crazy.
All of this starts with Stan. I go back to an article where they discussed Stan's fascination with the Patriots Way and how he carried the book around for a while and I recall thinking "what if." I was hopeful. But he definitely lived up to the highest expectations as owner and as far as I'm concerned the guy cannot get enough credit.
