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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Riders need a retool and quick. Rider fans have very quickly went from lovable losers to full on GC or bust expectations (sound familiar Flames fans?). There will be heads rolling if they regress and waste the opportunities given to them. The pressure in that city went from "yay we won a GC" to "if we don't contend for a GC every year the coach/GM/President need to be fired".
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I seriously think this is a huge part of the problem there. High expectations sometimes crumble players/coaches/GMs. Players start fearing failure as opposed to expecting sucess, and coaches and GMs start listening to fans and their fickleness.