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Originally Posted by heep223
My sense is that 90% of CP has the view that Iggy was a fantastic player, person and captain while he was here and also that it was time to move on. 5% take the extreme view that he should come back / should have never left and 5% take the extreme view that he was the real problem. The extremes are likely far more vocal than the majority, so I wouldn't read too much into it.
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I readily celebrate Iginla for being a fantastic player, the best Flame ever. Without question.
Alot more than 5% (on this board at least) want him back which I just do not understand unless your fan impulses are guided 100% by nostalgia and emotion.
And a lot of fans also see how Iginla could have been part of the problem for the Flames in during the period of long decline but those fans are a relatively quiet bunch. Further, I've never said he was THE problem.
But I think it's a particular kind of myopia to not lay any blame at his feet. He openly challenged the coach, the locker room was a mess during periods of his captaincy, the team quit on a coach in the middle of the playoffs and they couldn't win a single playoff round. How could you not lay some of the blame for that on the team's best player?
But that's apparently sacriledge. No ill shall be said of Iginla among many fans. I don't get why I'm labelled a hater for just pointing this out? My point isn't to tar Iginla's reputation, it's highlight the problem when a player gets bigger than the team. There's no saying this couldn't happen again.