First member of the Moronica Hall of Fame

From time to time I will enshrine new members into the Moronica Hall of Fame. For our first member lets look at the Rochester Americans hockey team. At the present time they are 1-10 and drawing flies into the Blue Cross Arena. Not a very good record for a team that is so rich in history so we need to answer a few questions.
Is the mess the new owners fault? No. He has done a yeoman effort to keep hockey alive in this city. The team would not be playing right now if it was not for him.
Is it the Florida Panthers fault? Not really as they supplied us with what they had. They could have tried to obtain more veteran help for the team but they are a team that needs help too. They were handicapped by the state of flux the Amerks were in until Mr. Styres took over the team and negotiated the lease.
Is it the coach's fault? No. This man can coach! All one has to do is to look at what he has done with his past teams and you know it is not his fault. He is trying his best with the cards he was dealt with. Having two sieves for goalies does not help either.
So, then who's fault can it be??? Well the answer is simple and this man is our first enshrinee into the Moronica Hall of Fame. This man is Steve Donner. He has single handedly nearly killed off two local sports teams. This man turned off the Buffalo Sabres so much that they moved their farm team to Portland and they are now one of the better and more entertaining teams in the league. Those players should be here entertaining us.
He disgusted the City of Rochester and Mayor Duffy so much that they would not even deal with him in regards to the lease to the arena, which led to Florida not having the time to be able to obtain a few veterans for the team as there was a good chance they would have had to share a team elsewhere as the Amerks were close to being put into suspense for the year. The heads of the City demanded that Steve Donner, still a minority owner, have absolutely no day to day control for them to even discuss the lease with Mr. Styres.
I won't even discuss the unpaid bills and the $500,000 loan from the City to the Amerks that are still outstanding.
Then there are the Rochester Rhinos. Thanks to Rob Clark we had a team this year. They weren't quite the mess the Amerks are presently but they almost certainly could have folded this past year. Nearly having your stadium foreclosed on is an excellent credential for enshrinement on its own. Putting the arena in a blighted area with horrible traffic access was a mistake as I personally found out the day the stadium opened. It put such a bad taste into my mouth that no amount of Listerine has been able to remove. The arena should have been put in Gates as it would have had much better access to major highways like 531 and 490. Try getting out of Paetec after a game...When I go to a game I try to leave early to avoid the mess. Well, we also have David Gantt to thank for that too and he may be a future nominee, but not at this time.
The Rhinos went from being the leagues bellweather franchise to being on life support in such a short period of time that it may be a world's record for bad management.
So we congratulate Steve Donner. He is the first member of the Moronica Hall of Fame and this "honor" is well earned. When you see Mr. Donner please congratulate him on the honor that has been bestowed upon him. Thank goodness he is not in the position anymore to keep up the bad work.

If you have nominees for the Moronica Hall of Fame please let me know who they are and their qualifications. The Moronica board will examine them and maybe who knows, your nominee could join Steve.