Daniel Cleary Experience
Danimal
Got this from a buddy of mine from Carbonear...
What a tool!!!
Big Money, Big Ego! and of course he had to be from newfoundland
PASS IT ALONG!!!
Just got this from a friend, I left the name of the guy who wrote it on
the end. Really too bad, most NHL'ers I believe treat people very well.not
this guy!
Buddy of mine here at work Steve Dillon won a free trip to Detroit this past
weekend to see the Wings - Leafs game. Prize was a fundraiser by the
CeeBees, tickets for 4 to the game, hotels and spending money included, + 4
signed Dan Cleary jerseys. Here's how the weekend went.....Feel free to
share, he's rotted and wants everyone to know what a professional Cleary
was.
Steve first showed me the promotional ticket: The Ultimate Danny Cleary
Weekend
Arrived at the airport in Windsor and drove to his hotel in Detroit, only 2
of the 4 promised Dan Cleary jerseys, none signed. As instructed, he went to
the practice on Friday to meet Danny and to visit the dressing room. As he
only had 2 of his jerseys with him, he desperately wanted to get one signed
for his 7 year old son. After waiting an hour, he was asked to go in to the
dressing room. At this point, all the other players had left. Danny asked
their names and signed the two jerseys, 5 minutes later Danny said he had to
go cuz he had things to do and rushed out.
Steve was a little dissapointed as he still only had 2 of the 4 jerseys and
hadn't had Danny sign one for his son. Danny only asked for the boys names.
Steve knew the PR guy, as he was from Newfoundland. He told Steve not to be
discouraged, Danny had to leave and to come back for tomorrow's practice.
They had no intentions of doing that as they were only there for a couple
days and had already wasted 3 hours at the rink for 5 minutes of Danny's
time, but decided, what the heck you only get a chance to do this once and
his little fella really would've liked a signed jersey.
Went to the rink the next day, only 5 Wings were out for the optional
practice, one of which was Danny. PR guy had Steve's number and said he'd
text him when to come down to get his other two jerseys and have them
signed. An hour later after watching the Leafs practice - 3 call ups were
the only ones on the ice, Steve's wife was a little rotted and wanted to
leave. He gave in and texted the PR guy. The response, "Sorry we've left."
They all left disgusted, another 3 hours at the rink. Told him he'd have his
jerseys for him at the game.
Went for supper and got to the rink early to get his other two jerseys.
Thirty minutes before the game started, he finally gets a text saying he's
in front of Little Caesar's with his other two jerseys. Steve leaves his
seat, gets to the concourse, there is a Little Caesar's every 100 feet.
Called him and explained, he said he was at the main entrance. Got back to
his seat when the anthems were on, realized they weren't signed. Texted him
back and was told, "You'll have to take that up with Ian Moores."
Sunday morning he texted Ian and told him he was a little sour at the fact
that they had 4 weeks notice to have the jerseys signed and how he wasted 6
hours at the rink for 5 minutes with Danny and all. Ian apologized and said
he'd see what he could do. Ian was coaching in the herder finals at the same
time and really didn't want to deal with it. Moments later Steve's phone
rings.
"Hi Steve, this is Daniel Cleary. I understand you have a little problem and
called Ian Moores to complain about having your jerseys signed."
"Well Danny, I was promised 4 signed jerseys and unfortunately now I have to
explain to my 7 year old that I don't have one for him."
"Well Steve, you should be thankful to see the game and to have had the
privelege to have hung out with professional NHL hockey players in an NHL
dressing room."
"Danny, I just would've liked to have a jersey signed for my son."
"Well Steve, that's now how we operate, leave your jerseys at the front desk
and they'll be signed."
And hung up.....
Steve was obviously beside himself and contacted Ian and told him how Danny
had hung up in his face and that he was very upset. Ian texted him back,
which I had the pleasure of reading this morning. This is how it went from
there:
Ian: Steve, you can leave your jersey at the front desk and Danny will have
them signed.
Steve: No Thanks Ian, I'd rather not have anything signed by him after how I
was treated.
Ian: You have no right to be upset.
Steve: Ian, I don't think you understand why I'm upset, and furthermore do
not think its fair for you to tell me not to be upset.
Ian: Danny was nothing but professional with you and did you a favor by
bringing you to the dressing room.
Steve: Well Ian, the five minutes I spent talking to him were fine, but I
was promised 4 signed jerseys as part of the Danny Cleary ulitmate getaway,
and only received two.
Ian: Now you are just being selfish and ungrateful.
Steve: Well Ian, there's no need for name calling, I think there's a lack of
professionalism being shown here. I know you two are friends, but I was
promised something I did not receive.
Ian: I'm not sure what it is that you would like to happen, Danny offered to
sign your jerseys.
Steve: I would like an apology from Danny for hanging up in my face for one,
and also an explanation as to why in the 4 weeks leading up to this weekend,
4 signed jerseys were not waiting for me, as was indicated in your prize
draw?
Ian: That's probably not going to happen.
Steve: Well I will give it a few days before I decide on how I'll proceed.
This will certainly help in your promo for next years ticket sales.
Ian: Do not contact me again.
Can you imagine?
DrewNL
2) some of the stuff claimed to have been witnessed in text messages are
too long and physically impossible to text.
Danimal
I'm just passing this on.
I'm not going anywhere into the politics of this post, infact I don't give a
shirt for any hockey, baseball, soccer or rugby team and could even care
less who wins or don't.
No offense to anyone including the Ceebees, Cleary, or the guy who makes
shirts for a living, I just put that out there as requested and to pass on
for those interested.
"DrewNL" <noketchup@***gmail.com> wrote in message
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Dion
learn there is more to life than these overpaid, ego-manics we call
hockey players. These guys are the way they are because of the way the
general public treats them - as if their were gods. They are nothing
more than guys who happy to be good at playing a sport.
DrewNL
No offense meant to you.
cloud dreamer
> 1) Steve looked pretty happy at the game when he was on TV.
>
> 2) some of the stuff claimed to have been witnessed in text messages are
> too long and physically impossible to text.
>
In all likelihood, he spelled out what would have passed via text. Some
people don't know text-spek.
The longest exchange is about 190 characters and if that was shortened
with "you're" being "ur" and "why" being "y" etc, it would be shorter
(certainly shorter than 160 characters which is what I understand is the
average limit for a text).
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