Islanders Admit To Islanders Army’s Existence
June 14th, 2007 by murph
I keep watching our webstats for that one fateful day when I catch Charles Wang browsing our site in between checking his stock quotes and signing Yashin’s checks. It hasn’t happened yet, but today for the first time ever, Islanders Army was mentioned on the Official Islanders Website. The Islanders PR department was patting itself on the back for yesterday’s Blog Box Buzz with a post summarizing all the blogosphere coverage:
Over at OffWingOpinion.com, Eric McErlain takes some shots at the Blog Box concept calling it: “A watered down version of a press pass” and “The Islanders idea is a press pass with training wheels”, but hey, coverage is coverage, although when you read it here, we don’t think the writers and readers of Islanders Army or The View From Section 317 are going to be to pleased with his tone.
Nothing is stopping a more established and professional blogger from applying for a real press pass. It’s also not 100% fair to be judging the concept without seeing the final execution. I think the majority of bloggers would prefer the Blog box setup compared to rules and pressure of working with the professional press. I think the Islanders approach is good while it still can be improved over time.
[Update] From the webstats, “NHL Enterprises” 8 hits. Good to see you again Mr. Bettman.
