#williams is a bullshit team and i hope alex gets away from them quickly because James is going to turn on him next

[alblondo23]

This is quite literally a clown show.

Replacing a driver mid-season isn't unheard of sure, but doing so literally one race after summer break? The disrespect is so clear.

Logan was struggling, yes, and definitely not getting the points the team wanted, but let's not forget that his car was taken away and given to his teammate after said teammate crashed his own with the logic that points had to be scored (no points were scored), drove a cracked chasis, was given upgrades much later than made sense, car was overweight and also not working (steering wheel malfunction, anyone?), and his own boss constantly badmouthing him to the media as well as making clear he was unwanted. Given all of that, I am not surprised that not just Logan but the team as a whole has been struggling this season and further back than they were last year. If the car is shit, there's not much a driver can do, and if the car is shit and the driver is actively struggling and being downgraded by the team principal, it's clear there's something extremely wrong going on within the team. Rather than pivot and fix anything, the driver was blamed.

Also, Williams has constantly mismanaged their PR surrounding all of this. They've gone from a family-oriented image to a trashy we don't care about anyone image. I'm saying this objectively, not just as a Logan fan. They had a great thing at the beginning of the season, where I saw many posts about how people liked that Williams was so different from other teams who had toxic cultures. And then Williams seemed to stop giving a shit about maintaining that image and reaping the goodwill that fans had for them.

As an example of Williams' bad PR strategy, i would like to point out how they dealt with the seat announcement for next year. Carlos' signing had post after post after post with not a single 'we and Logan Sargeant are parting ways at the end of the season' post that was solely about Logan. Who, might I add, is the first driver to graduate their young drivers program. I'm not here to argue about whether they brought him up too soon, I'm here to state that from what I've seen almost every other team replacing their driver made an announcement about their old driver first before they moved on to announcing their replacement for next year. Logan was not given that courtesy. In fact, the team principal went on record multiple times discussing how he, for lack of a better word, courted his new driver. That was unneeded and, in my opinion, was a PR fumble because it came off as offputting and odd.

It's terrible how they've handled everything this season, and while this is a business, that is not an excuse for acting like this. The people running the business are still humans, so I believe it is logical for me to expect them to act with a degree of humanity.

Logan Sargeant deserved better than this, and as his fan, I hope to see him racing again soon and far away from Williams.

[carey-pricemas]

James- William Nylander

Ok anon, I don't know if this is angsty enough for you, so if it isn't let me know! There's drama too! So sit back and enjoy!

Warning: Drama, angst, cussing

Anon Request: Could you eventually do a really angsty imagine of William Nylander being jealous of you hanging out with a guyfriend?💙

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              "Babe. Babe. Babeeeeeeeeee." You poked Willy's cheek, attempting to wake him up.

              "Is the apartment burning down?" Willy mumbled. You giggled.

              "Nope!"

              "Are you dying or near imminent death if I don't take you to the hospital right now?" You laughed once more.

              "Nope!"

              "Then let me sleep!" Willy grabbed your pillow and shoved it over his face.

              "But babe-"

              "La la la la I can't hear you" he said through the pillow. You laughed.

              "Fine! I'm going to go spend time with James!"

              "What?" The pillow quickly came off his face as he glared at you. "Why?"

              "Because he's my friend?" you said. "Can you get him a ticket for the game tonight too?"

              "No" Willy said, rolling over.

              "Willy" you whined. "Why are you being difficult?"

              "Why are you going to hang out with another guy?"

              "Oh my god. Again?" you asked, starting to get angry.

              "Yes again" Willy snapped, rolling back over to face you. "I come home from a long road trip and you're leaving to go hang out with James" he snapped.

              "You're going to sleep all day Willy! And if I get in your way during your pregame bullshit rituals, you yell at me!"

              "Fine just go. Not like I care."

              "Screw you William Nylander. I'm too angry to even use your full name." You walked through the bedroom and out to the living room. You paused when you remembered you had kicked off your shoes to wake Willy up and had left them in the bedroom.

              "You staying?" he asked. "Am I suddenly more important than James?"

              "As if" you snapped, grabbing your shoes quickly. "Give the ticket away because I sure as hell don't need it." You heard William grumbling in the other room, but didn't want to know what he was bitching about.

              It would just make things worse.

              You had been best friends with James since your diaper days. You had grown up with him and you had each seen each other’s awkward puberty phases and you were even there when James figured out he was gay.

              Willy didn't know that last fact about him though, because he had never met James. James traveled frequently for work too, so when he was in town, you wanted to see him. It had just never occurred that he was in town at the same time Willy was for them to meet.

              And now Willy was being a little shit and you were so pissed off you hoped they never met.

              Which wasn't true seeing as though you loved Willy AND James.

              You left the apartment, slamming the door behind you and made your way down to the coffee shop you and James always got coffee at before shopping.

              "I hate men" you declared, falling into the seat across from James.

              "Oh baby girl, tell Jamesy all about it" he said. You laughed, immediately feeling better at his use of your old nickname for him.

              "I seriously love you" you said. He grinned.

              "Good. Now what's up?"

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              You led James to your seats after James HAD to stop and buy a Nylander jersey to match yours.

              Willy had texted you earlier telling you he had gotten a second ticket and it would be at will call. Your anger towards him melted a little and you sent him a kissing face emoji. You were still slightly upset about this morning and Willy's reaction, so you waited until you knew he had left before returning to the apartment to pick up your jersey.

              "I've never been to a game before" James said bouncing. "This will be fun!"

              "I hope so" you murmured.

              "Which one's yours again?" James asked as they skated out. "29?"

              "Yep, 29 is Willy."

              "Ok so 29 on the blue side right?" You laughed.

              "James!"

              "It's been a long time alright!" He leaned close and whispered. "I'm a hockey virgin."

              "Oh my god I hate you" you laughed. James winked at you letting you know he was teasing and threw an arm around your shoulders.

              "Seriously though... Is the other team good?"

              "They're a physical team so I really just hope we make it without broken faces" you said.

              "I'm sure it'll be fine" James soothed.

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              Everything was most certainly not fine.

              You shouldn't have opened your mouth. Holy crap there was blood.

              "I've never been so wrong in my life" James said.

              "I'm going to kill him" you seethed.

              "Looks like you're no longer mad at him."

              "HE SHOVED HIS STICK INTO WILLY'S NOSE, JAMES!" you screeched.

              "Calm down, baby girl" James soothed. He led you out of the row and up the stairs to the concourse, where you took the lead, charging towards the dressing room.

              It was too late in the game. Willy wouldn't be going back out there tonight.

              "I'm going to kill him" you muttered. You stopped in front of the visiting locker rooms until James put his hands on your shoulders and walked you forward, closer to where you normally waited for Willy.

              "You wouldn't look good in orange" James said. You started pacing, waiting for your boyfriend. "I can't wait to see you after Willy's first fight."

              "Willy is never going to fight" you huffed. "He's going to be the pretty boy he is and just make the puck go into the back of the net and that is it! No more of this!" you ranted, waving your hands around.

              A good thirty minutes passed before Willy walked out of the locker rooms and you attached yourself to him.

              "Oh my god! Are you ok?" You pulled back and took his face between your hands, checking out the damage.

              "Just a bloody nose, babe. I'm fine."

              "I'm going to kill him. Rip him limb from limb!" you started ranting once more. James laughed.

              "She is your problem now, pretty boy" he teased. "Hi I'm James."

              "Ah" Willy looked at you before smiling at James. "William, but they call me Willy."

              "I'd call you anything you wanted" he teased with a wink. You and Willy both laughed. "Nice to finally meet you. Sorry about your nose."

              "Things happen. (Y/N) tells me a lot about you, but left out one very important fact" Willy said, looking at you. You grinned at him as James gave you two a confused look.

              "I forgot to tell him that you would be more interested in sleeping with him than me" you said, eyes twinkling.

              "Meh" James said. "Now pretty boy Auston on the other hand...." You laughed.

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Ok there we go! I like it! Let me know what you guys think! Up next: Alex Nylander!