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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
I think CP actually represents an excellent cross section of the fanbase opinion. I don't think it's just some small subset of like 6 people with an opinion. I think it's more of a larger community than people give credit, with a larger degree of credibility than people give credit. I bet much of the Flames and their management read this site to get a good feel for the fans' opinions. It is great as a marketing tool, really. I just think they were like screw it, it's our team let's do what we want.
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Originally Posted by browna
And I am suspecting CP has at most, a thousand or so actual season ticket equivalent holders? A cross section, possibly of hardcore fans, but I am guessing 85%+ of Flames season ticket holders have never heard or visited CalgaryPuck, let alone fans that don't come to the internet for this type of discussion.
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I'm not at all saying that CP isn't important or credible, I'm saying the opposite. This is a place to get a feeling on the hardcore fans, or at very least, the passionate Internet savvy fans who enjoy the conversation. The dome fits what, around 18000? I would guess that in any given month, no more than 500 different people post on the Fire on Ice forum. The fact of the matter is, the majority of the fan base, and probably more than 12000 of the people who pack the dome every night, are casual fans who catch a game or two, enjoy the experience, or just follow along with the big news. That's not a mark against the fan base, it's just a numbers game.
Things we discuss here, like the piping on the jerseys, the flags, the black used in the jerseys, things that we are over critical on aren't representative of the fan base, but of the more serious fan base, which is a much smaller section. I can absolutely promise that if you polled 1000 random people at the flames game, and say "What do you think about the piping on the current jersey?" Or "Do you like having black on the jersey?" most answers you get are going to be "What" or "Sure" and "Yeah!".
There is something to be said for appeasing the more hardcore fans amongst the group that follow the team closely, but third jerseys are strictly a money maker, and in no way would a slight redesign of the retros outsell a brand new concept with a wordmark. Absolutely no way. Hardcore fans would like it, but casual fans aren't going to care about the difference.