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Originally Posted by Super-Rye
It seems to me that there is no 1 right answer on how to build a winning team. There is however at least 1 wrong answer. We have been witnessing it for 4 years.
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But the last 4 years doesn't involve a single "how", the changes have been significant over the last 4 years. The only players the same between then and now are Iggy, Cammalleri, Glencross, Sarich, Gio, Backlund and Kipper. That's like 60% of the roster (plus coach and GM).
Even if you could say that there was specific ways to build a winning team, you could apply one way and still not have a winning team, again look at the Ducks from last year to this year.
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Originally Posted by Super-Rye
Yes fan support could erode over some lean years during a rebuild, that's the risk this team needs to take to try and better itself.
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The team caught lightning in a bottle and have maxed out since, and that wasn't a result of a rebuild to better themselves.
I agree with you if it was me making the decision, but trying to infer the owners' motivations I can maybe appreciate why they don't agree.
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Originally Posted by Super-Rye
A rebuild doesn't have to involve trading Iginla, but it does need to change the direction of the franchise so Iginla is no longer the center piece of the franchise.
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Ideally I agree, I've been proposing moving the C for a while now, but unless you really have the guy that can step up and take that place it's hard to do, especially for a conservative organization like the Flames.
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Originally Posted by Super-Rye
Honestly the last 4 years have already been 'lean' years. I wonder if ownership thinks fans will stay if they keep throwing together a mediocre team in the hopes of making the playoffs.
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I don't think that's really fair because I can guarantee they didn't say "hey, let's throw together a mediocre team and just hope for a good run, the fans will stay.", because they're spending to the cap. If they actually thought that they'd be closer to the floor than the cap. They want to build a team that can win, they just haven't been able to make the right series of moves to do that.