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Originally Posted by Mister Yamoto
What bungled CalgaryNEXT was buying the Stampeders. Instead of asking for a new arena the minute after Edmonton got theirs, they went for a two for the price of none special. They are victims of their own greed.
If they had originally asked for a hockey arena only there would likely be shovels in the ground right now.
The Alberta economy cratering at the time it did didn't help either.
Ken King has done a lot of great things for the Flames. Unfortunately, most of them happened years ago.
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Nah the miscalculation was because they figured since the mayor (surprisingly) expressed the need for a field house, that giving him one as part of the project would win him over for the arena portion. Shoehorning the Stamps into that field house wasn't a good idea either, barely passable as a venue.
Him and Murray's other miscalculation was entrusting the keys of the franchise to the smooth talking former GM, who, through bootlicking reasons and incompetence, and nowhere near the skills he himself advertised, promised (and forced) to empower both of his bosses with some decision making on hockey related matters for those couple years.
Thankfully Edwards realized it before it was really too late (though damage had been done) that the grass wasn't greener moving on from Sutter and promotion of a slick yes man to run the team, and first went after Shanahan and then coaxed Burke to get back into the game, and him and a King exited the hockey side.