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Originally Posted by Daradon
Well in all fairness there has been a shift. Sure the armchair fan still feels that way, but a lot of people who are decent on message boards are feeling that the only way to truly get better is to fix the problems at the top, and actually dread a winning streak for those reasons. I won't disagree it was like that, probably up until this year, but this year does have a noticeable (not big, but noticeable) amount of Edmonton fans questioning the direction of the team. Which makes sense, because it was common knowledge they should be on the move up by now. And they did seem to take a tiny step last year. This year may actually be their worst. Both in actual results, but wasted potential.
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The fans have started to open their eyes to the real issues but it has taken them 4 years of finishing at the bottom of the standings to do so I'm not going to give them credit for being overly intelligent as a group. That said it still appears that the owner hasn't opened his eyes (and IMO embraces being part of the good old boys club) and until that happens it really doesn't matter what the fans think. If the fans continue to fill the building and fill Katz pockets I don't see big changes as he's doing everything possible to shield Lowe who is the biggest obstacle going forward to turning things around.