I WAS AT THE GAME AND PLAIN AND SIMPLE THE GUY SHOULD GET THE TRUCK- THE
RULES LIKE THIS ARE SIMPLY BAD PUBLICITY FOR THE TEAM AND THE DEALERSHIP-
THESE DEALS ARE USUALLY INSURED ANYWAY-GIVE THE GUY THE TRUCK
 
BRIAN HODGE
 
James Meserve wrote:
 
> I also do think that jacob got robbed out of the truck this past Friday.
> He put more than half of the puck throught the "little" hole that is
> made for the puck to barely make it through.  It hurt Dodge's
> reputation for doing that, people aren't going to forget for awhile
> what happened to that student.  Maybe it won't hurt their sales, but
> word of mouth is going hurt the Dodge company in the long run.  It was
> all a public relations things to give him the money, Dodge knew that
> they had to do something quick to smooth things over, they tried, but
> it didn't smooth things over at all.  I still hear people talking about
> what happened, and they are pissed at the Dodge sponsorship to do that.
>  What there best thing to do was to give him the truck, and from then
> on to explain the rules up front to make things clear.  Do you think
> ther is a reason why Dodge doesn't want the Alfond Staff to make ice
> before the contenst, that is the reason why, to make it just about
> impossible for some one to make it in the "SQUARE" hole with very rough
> ice and ice shaving, not fair.  I think that he got a raw deal, and has
> made many people sour towards the Dodge company and it's practices.