Marian Ilitch

So, you know, I, I, this is, this is all ownership to me.

Christopher Ilitch, the son of Mike and Marian Ilitch, who, you know, was, were the owners of the team when they had that great run through the '90s and tw- early 2000s.

You know, he's, uh, this is at h- at his door for me.

And so I, I like Shawn Horcoff.

Uh, so my answer, little, little niche here.

So I'm looking at Mike and Marian Ilitch.

They're the, uh-

Pizza people from Detroit

Uh, but he's probably more well known for his last name.

He's the son of Mike and Marian Ilitch of the family that of course owns and runs Little Caesars and owns the Detroit Red Wings and Tigers.

And I believe Tanas Ilitch is now...

He doesn't act anymore.

And, you know, for, for some of the historic former Detroit Red Wings, um, that, that was a tough experience for them, whether they were in the building or not in the building because it's not just about Chris Ilitch, who is the son.

Like, Marian Ilitch, you know, I, I don't know that she was at the game, but imagine, you know, here's a iconic person and family who have brought great things to the city of Detroit historically speaking, right? An iconic franchise.

And whether she's watching on TV or maybe she was in the building, I, I don't know, you know, she's listening now to a fan base finally turn and go, "Sell the team." So it's bad.

It's bad.

I mean, look, uh, the, drama finds a lot of teams in a lot of ways across time, whether it's, you know, something like trade requests or, or underperformance, missing the playoffs a decade as they have now.

But, you know, when, when you're chanting "Sell the team" at a f- at the family, frankly, the Ilitch family own the team for a lot of those glory years I'm talking about now.

It's Mike and Marian Ilitch, um, that, that owned it then.

It's their son, Chris, who's, who's primarily in charge of the Red Wings and Tigers now.

Um, but, you know, that, that tells you that this has gone too far and they really need to, you know, start by signing their young core defenseman.

This is like-- For an organization from the early '80s until mid-2010s that was respected, did things the right way.

I mean, I don't know if you've seen this, Owen, and I don't know if you guys have seen this either, but Brett Hull, um, has his podcast now, and he, he had, um, McCarty and, uh, Joe Kocur on, and they were talking about how Mike and Marian treated the players.

You know, bringing guys over on Christmas, giving them catalogs, and letting them pick out a gift that they could get from the Ilitch family.

What are we do- Like-

You're n- you're really not.

So, uh, this is ...

And I've seen it all over Twitter today, [laughs] a lot of people are calling for a certain, uh, w- uh, Marian Ilitch to come back and just get him out of here because I just need somebody who's a competent owner to be running my, my Detroit franchises because for a long time, you know, you heard that the Red Wings and Tigers had great owners, and then you heard, well, not really the Pistons for a while, 'cause Pistons were not great.

The Lions didn't have great owners.