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The rangers and stars have the best front offices for sure of the dfw teams. I think they may be top 5 in each of their respective sports
Stars used to be one of the worst before the new management took over selling anyone worth a damn to make a buck. I would argue the Cowboys are getting better too despite a few boneheaded decisions Brandon Carr and Greg Hardy.
Stars were one of the best run organizations until Hicks bought Liverpool and overextended himself. He put Jim Lites in charge of the Rangers gameday experience... It was terrible. Bob Gainey was fantastic.
Hicks couldn't control himself... he overspent on the Stars' roster thinking he could just keep spending to over compensate. When he got financially in a bind, he took the initiative of gathering the other small market NHL teams to drive a salary cap in the NHL, encouraging the teams that a shutdown would be worth getting the cap.
In many cases he was right. The difference was, the smaller market teams had an organization and discipline in place to leverage the cap. Hicks did not. He pissed off the big market teams, as well as many front office people. He never adapted and the team took a beating. Additionally, when the Stars moved to the AAC, Hicks screwed a bunch of VERY loyal STH. There was a 3 year wait to get tickets, and within like 2 years of the AAC, there was no longer a waitlist. The biggest result of that was when the Stars started losing in the 1st Round, many STH just walked away.
I was a STH for 10 years. I averaged about 35 games/season and once I finally walked away... I went to 1 game 7 years. I went to 2 game this season and could barely tell you the roster. They call me every couple months offering me free tickets, to get me out to games. I just have no interest.
The good news for me is the Rangers reemerged as I dumped my Stars tickets, so I haven't missed the Stars at all.
