Time to Say Goodbye

I never thought I would be saying goodbye to this club this way.

When Dave Horn and I decided to work together to bring the Club back to life 5 years ago, neither one of us thought we'd still be running it 5 years later.  We wanted to build a successful club that many people would want to be a part of, and a natural succession would happen to new leadership from time to time.

It was GREAT working with the Coyotes back then.  They even gave us money to help get us started in that first year.  We were important to the team, they asked for our help, and we willingly gave it to them.

Then the bankruptcy threw a wrench into everything Coyotes related for everyone.  It has been a hard 2.5+ years, but we have stuck through it, and helped the Coyotes wherever they would let us.  As things changed for them and their focus became more targeted to ticket sales, we were also dragged into that focus change - one we were not all that thrilled about.

During the same bankruptcy time period, personal challenges for Dave and me have changed the amount of time we have available to spend running the club.

We asked for your help, looking for someone to take over running the club that has been so successful. 

Unfortunately, the bar is set too high.  No one has the kind of time it takes to run this club, it turns out.  So we have had to make the tough decision.

At our final meeting on Saturday, we will be folding the Phoenix Coyotes Booster Club.

We want to emphasize yet again that this has NOTHING to do with ownership.  We don't have an inside secret that is helping us to make this decision.  This is a personal one for all of us.  We simply don't have the time to run this club anymore.  We all hope the team stays here forever, and we still believe strongly that it is not good for ANYONE if the team was to leave. 

So hang on as Coyotes fans.  This isn't over.  Our team is staying, and there still might be something we might have to stand up and fight for.  Be ready.

As always, we will be here.  Just not in the same form we have been.

Heather