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Originally Posted by nik-
I don't even really think it's a malicious "short term profit over long term success" thing. I legitimately think that the Flames think they're going about how they run the team "the right way". There is a serious sense of delusion in the Flames organization, and there has been for a long time and I think it starts and trickles down from Ken King.
It was evident in his gross miscalculation on the value of the Flames to the city in this arena situation, and I'm sure it extends into the overall team management as well.
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I suppose people of the ilk of Edwards and King have been so successful in some aspects of their business lives that they're drunk on hubris. They vastly overestimate their skills as hockey people.
It's difficult to understand how that level of self-delusion can persist, though, isn't it? Don't you step back at some point and recognize hey, we're not very good at this. Our strategies don't work. We're not successful. Time to step back, hire people who genuinely know what they're doing, and leave them to do their jobs without interference.
Apparently not. We laugh at the Oilers, or the Senators now. But Flames fans are saddled with their own Katz, Melnyk, and Lowe. I know I find it increasingly difficult to maintain the delusion that the Flames are a competently run organization that has a real shot at building a contender. About the best we can hope for is one of those Cinderella runs where a goalie plays out of his mind for a few weeks.