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Tailing the Komets

David Franke's response

The Komets general manager's response to Ryan Menei playing tonight for the Rush:

``First of all, we think it's a travesty. We were told that Menei was seriously injured, according the coach, and would be out for a very long time, and obviously they sold that to the league. If a player has concussion-type symptoms, which they said he did, there's a minimum of seven days which is protocol with our team and the league before he can go back to practicing and working out and seeing if he feels OK. The coach on Rapid City lied to the league, he's a whiner, he's a complainer and I think he's an intimidator, and I think he whined and intimidated the CHL Hockey Operations to the point where they made their decision based on that.

``On the flip side, I have a player in Sean O'Connor who was hit from behind in Rapid City on Saturday night, and even if he had not gotten suspended for his hit on Menei, he still wouldn't be able to play because he's experiencing concussion-like symptoms and all the league gave Reaney was a $150 fine. I think this is totally unjust, totally unfair. I think that the league has to look very closely at the people in their hockey operations department that are making these calls, and maybe make some changes because it seems like the more you whine and the more you intimidate, the more reaction  you get out of the league office.

``This isn't fair, their player was supposedly hurt and according to the coach was out for a long time, and the league when they made their final decision, based it, and this was in writing, on the medical reports that they received from the Rapid City Rush, which obviously at this point in the game, the only thing I can think of is that these reports were falsified, which is another case of lying. It's bull, it's not right, it's not fair. We not only have to beat the Rapid City Rush, but we have to beat the league, too. That's not right. We're a member of this league, and we trust these people in the league office to do the right things, and they look like a bunch of schmucks now. Joe Ferras, like I said, is a bully, a loudmouth, and he's a liar. I have a long, long memory. I've been doing this for 21 years, and if we ever have to settle the score here, we will. We will because we're in this for the long haul. But the league bought into it, they were bamboozled, and the player is back in the lineup after missing one game, and not even sitting the mandatory seven days. There was a article today out of Rapid City, and he's quoted as saying he feels awesome. You don't have concussion-type symptoms and six days later you feel awesome. Something is wrong there, somebody got bamboozled, and this isn't the last the league is going to hear about this from the Fort Wayne Komets. If coach Ferras wants to call the Franke brothers a bunch of killers, he's a liar. He's nothing but a no-good liar.''

 
Posted in: Komets

Comments

GameMisconduct
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 10:36pm

I miss Brosal :(

Hit Somebody!!!
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 10:47pm

Me too. LOL

I miss the UHL alot right now.

The talent level, the rivalries, the fun.....Dickie Boy.....LOL

Can you believe the stuff that is going on here Super Fan???

I have to believe the CHL knows we are not staying in this league, and they are putting the screws to us however and whenever they can......

And David's response seems to me calculated, correct, honest, and in a manner that he has nothing to lose and doesn't need this league anymore.

So is it the ECHL or is it a new Midwest League?

My guess is ECHL.

Oh, by the way.....Komets were awesome tonight.

I hate the Rush.....Reaney is a jerk. Colt Queen is a jerk. Harvey is a hack. I hate them all.

The CHL can go away.

Nice league Duane Lewis. You the man.

HockeyGirl
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 11:04pm

Franke said it best. We rocked it tonight and I still can't believe there wasn't an unsportsmanlike called when Harvey took after the glass.
If there's not a *minimum* 2 game suspension for what Harvey pulled tonight, there are going to be a lot of pissed off people.

Mr. Snufflupugus
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 11:19pm

Colt King would be a huge fan favorite if he ever put on the orange and black.

Hit Somebody!!!
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 11:21pm

Not in my book.

Hated him when he played for Port Huron.

Hate him in Rapid City.

Hate him anywhere.

He is a cheapshot artist. I don't like those type of players personally.

Give me a guy who mans up face to face and plays the game without being a sissy.

JR1
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 11:23pm

I agree Snuff.....so would Reaney......

For Gosh sakes we turned the other cheek and rooted for SCOTT GRUHL!!!!! We got ticked off when Duhart refused a trade to Ft Wyane.....

Hockey = short memories.....lol

GameMisconduct
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 11:25pm

Colt King is like Mario Larocque...Couldnt stand him with Danbury, couldn't stand him as a Komet, hated him as a FuryJack, couldn't stand him as an IceMan...I'm not a fan of cheap shot artists regardless of the team their own. I'd rather my team have guys that will man up and don't find the need for the cheap crap

Hit Somebody!!!
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 11:53pm

Amen Brother GM.

I hate Reaney more than I hate Colt King.

GameMisconduct
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 12:07am

I dont think Reaney has EVER hit anybody clean...It's always from behind. A real weenie errr winner

Hit Somebody!!!
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 12:11am

Plus he is REAL REAL REAL Ugly.

GameMisconduct
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 12:19am

This is true...He has a great landing...I should stop that thought right there before I get one of those special emails from Blake

mightbite
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 6:49am

King & reaney=chumps
harvey should get 3 games

Vanessa
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 7:50am

Harvey should get suspended for three games but he probably won't. And props to David Franke for calling out not just the Rapid City Rush but also the CHL leadership.

BlueLineBaby
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 8:29am

Reaney is a crybaby. I'd have to hate him as a Komet. I was a little iffy over Lardner's signing, since I loved to hate him, but I knew he'd be a great add as a player....not so the case with this dirtbag. I can count on one hand the players from that RC team I could stand to have here....Gio Flaminnio would be one, and even he at times gets on my nerves). Those guys have all been coached to put their hands to their face as soon as they hit the boards or the ice. Flamminio keeps forgetting that and just gets up and starts to play again. That's why I liked him.

George
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 12:17pm

Harvey is a repeat offender of this same type of hit.. see the link..

http://blog.syracuse.com/crunch/2009/11/syracuse_crunch_forward_kevin.html

RunningKomet
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 12:23pm

Flamerinio drives me nuts, are you serious?? I hate them all!! Still no Frodo sightings?

mightbite
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 12:44pm

Pink Flamingo is bad & would not take him on the Komets.

GameMisconduct
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 12:49pm

Frodo is probably making that long 18 hour drive after "being in Fort Wayne"

Another lie from Rapid City...I'm starting to notice a pattern

Five Minute Major
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 2:57pm

I don't think there's anyone from Rapid City I'd like to see in a Komet uniform. That's funny, mightbite, Mom and I were calling him "Flamingo" too... I think the difference with the Lardner signing is that while Lardner was annoying when he was an IceHawk, he wasn't a dirtbag. There's been several players who have annoyed the crap outta me when they were on the other team that I loved once they became a Komet. Chewy and MVL from recent memory. But I can't think of anyone on the Rush roster I'd like to see on our bench.

BlueLineBaby
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 5:47pm

Hmmm....I'll take all of your words on Flamingo Boy. I only paid a little attention to him. I truly despise this team, so right now if we signed anyone from there, I'd probably have a full-on stroke. But I just noticed him less than most as far as the flop and dive act. My bad. I guess it's true what the bad kids yell during the intro...."they all suck"...LOL....

And I'd love to see a few of the Rush players on our bench....after we've laid a nice "blindside, lateral Rule 48" check on 'em....Oh, I guess that would be INTO our bench. Semantics. My bad again....LOL....

Vanessa
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 7:18pm

I agree with 5MM re: not wanting to see any Rush players in a Komet uniform. Especially after the Rapid City shenanigans on ice last night.

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