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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
I don't get what you're saying here. Is your position "if you don't watch the games and disagree with the way the organization is heading, shut up and go away?"
The number of games I actually watched this year can be counted on one hand, and even that felt like too much. This team isn't fun to watch, it's poorly built, and management appears to have no appetite for change. I follow what the team does on paper because I find trades, signings, and off-ice moves interesting. And I advocate for people to demand better of this organization because we often underestimate the power we have as fans. I think we've simply been conditioned to believe we're helpless and that we should just accept mediocrity as the norm.
It's not some vague threat of "I'm gonna stop watching, so there!" screamed into the void. Stop paying for garbage and you'll stop getting garbage. As fans we have a right to demand that from an organization we hand over our money to support, either willingly or through our tax dollars. Is that such an unreasonable stance?
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I think the point is that if you don't enjoy watching the team, and you don't even enjoy following the team, stop. Just do something else. Nobody really cares about your personal decisions on what you do with your time. It's not interesting or compelling to read about how people don't like the product and don't watch the product or can't find a reason to watch, it seems pretty odd.
It's entertainment, it's meant to be fun. If it's not fun, do your self a favour and give it up. What's the point in following a sports team if it isn't for fun? There isn't one. None of this actually matters if it's not a source of enjoyment. And if it was and no longer is, find a new one.
It's completely fair to be critical of decisions or to discuss the good and bad, but most people at the end of the day still have fun and enjoy doing it. What incentive do you, as a fan, have to watch? Because hockey is fun to watch. That's it. That's the incentive. If that's not more than enough, stop watching.
I find it odd that some "fans" talk about giving up the team, or cheering for someone else, or whatever. The Flames owe you nothing, whatever you paid and whatever attention you give, you've received what you were owed for it: hockey. The vast majority of people who are "done" with a team, or a band, or a specific actor or director, or any other entertainment you can follow, just... stop. They don't make declarations or state of the unions about it, they just stop, because that's what you do when you are actually over something. And if you don't while saying you are, it's all just bull#### isn't it?