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Originally Posted by habernac
A conversation I've had for years with a friend of mine. Why do most Canadian franchises have terrible management? It's not the dollar, it's the people who are running the teams. You'd think being in the country that invented the damn sport we'd be smart enough to hire the best and brightest.
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I think there is something to this. Canadian teams don't seem to be held to as high accountability as American teams. I think Canadian are willing to wade through more crap, probably because there are less options here (no NFL, NBA, NCAA, NASCAR, etc).
I think a comparable situation Canadian versus American, would be the Islanders and Oilers. Both storied franchises have struggled mightily but the attendance didn't fluctuate as bad for the Oilers as it did for the Islanders. Yeah Nassau is a hole, but is it that much better then Rexall?