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Originally Posted by Leeman4Gilmour
It was a bad team playing above expectations prior to the Feaster firing and Burke's comments. Prior to the firing, most would agree the Flames were out skilled, but outworked other teams and showed great "resilience" night in, night out - sometimes they'd even get winning results. That isn't happening anymore and this change in team behaviour occurred after Feaster was fired. Is that a result of the firing (and subsequent comments about the future of the team) or a result of their recent scoring woes and the frustrations that go along with it? Or, are they just tired from the way they need to play? Or all of the above? No one here knows, so it's subjective. But, whatever one feels is the reason, it isn't a huge leap in logic and does make sense.
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It appears that many on this team have come to the realization that collectively they just aren't skilled enough. It has got to be extremely difficult to keep them motivated, when even their best effort isn't going to win many hockey games. The level of intensity that is required to win with this crew, is not sustainable.