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Originally Posted by QuadCityImages
When he said that it will enhance player development, that implied a change from the past. He was talking about changes. Changing to Canada, changing proximity to Calgary and "changing" to sophisticated fans. There's a sense among some, including Dobbles, that we only want to see fights, which I think is false. I think we do want a winning team though, so I guess you could say we weren't sophisticated enough to accept being a purely developmental team. There wasn't a single fight at tonight's game. That said, I missed the accurate passing and awareness of the puck that we saw in the AHL. And I'm only a casual hockey fan.
I really feel the Flames failed for lack of winning, and lack of marketing, and the tone that we got out of Calgary just played into that.
I guess I just think that if the Flames' AHL team fails in another city, and the Quad Cities' new team succeeds despite being a lesser product at similar cost, it should be clear that the QC Flames' failure wasn't entirely the QC's fault.
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"Enhancing player development" to me has more to due to ability of lesser travel issues logistically. I really don't think fan support has anything to do with player development in reality. Could the Flames have done more in QC? Perhaps, but the Flames partner with local groups to do that 'for them'. I may be bias (okay, I probably am) being a fan of the parent club, but I think the Flames main concern with their farm team is player development, not winning the Calder Cup. I can understand though how this would be frustrating as a fan of a AHL club. But such is the nature of the beast.