There was so much wreckage on the ice at GM Place in the late 1990s, it was hard to see the talent in the Vancouver Canucks' Orca Bay board room.Dave Cobb was a vice-president of finance who should have become the National Hockey League team's president and chief executive offic
er, but eventually left to be deputy CEO of the 2010 Olympics.Arena manager Tom Anselmi became chief operating officer for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, overseeing Toronto's major-league hockey and basketball franchises.Vice-president of sales John Rizzardini became COO of football's Seattle Seahawks, and former Canuck president John Chapple merely made himself rich, starting Seattle-based cellular company Nextel Partners, which was bought by Sprint Communications in 2006 for $6.5 billion US.And Tod Leiweke, Orca Bay's executive vice-president of business until 1998, is now chief executive officer of Vulcan Sports and Entertainment, billionaire Paul Allen's company that owns the Seahawks and basketball's Portland Trailblazers.Most of the Canucks' management dream team left Vancouver because former Orca Bay CEO Stan McCammon, absentee-owner John McCaw's attorney, left little space for others due to his abrasiveness and ego. McCammon's last act, before Francesco Aquilini restored local ownership to the Canucks, was running off general manager Brian Burke.
er, but eventually left to be deputy CEO of the 2010 Olympics.Arena manager Tom Anselmi became chief operating officer for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, overseeing Toronto's major-league hockey and basketball franchises.Vice-president of sales John Rizzardini became COO of football's Seattle Seahawks, and former Canuck president John Chapple merely made himself rich, starting Seattle-based cellular company Nextel Partners, which was bought by Sprint Communications in 2006 for $6.5 billion US.And Tod Leiweke, Orca Bay's executive vice-president of business until 1998, is now chief executive officer of Vulcan Sports and Entertainment, billionaire Paul Allen's company that owns the Seahawks and basketball's Portland Trailblazers.Most of the Canucks' management dream team left Vancouver because former Orca Bay CEO Stan McCammon, absentee-owner John McCaw's attorney, left little space for others due to his abrasiveness and ego. McCammon's last act, before Francesco Aquilini restored local ownership to the Canucks, was running off general manager Brian Burke.For further details visit as : http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Mystery+steps+shadows/1919909/story.html
