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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
The problem with that theory is that this could probably continue for a couple years at least without it being an issue.
There's no ticket revenue right now. Television contracts are already locked in for a bit, so viewership doesn't really matter in the short term. When people are allowed to attend games, many will do so just because they are again able to do so, it won't matter how good the product is because just the experience will be enough. This could easily continue through next season and perhaps the season after before anything really happens.
And at that point, you've met the end of Ward and Treliving's contracts, so if you wanted to make a change, you could quite easily without costing yourself an extra dime.
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I'm simply saying don't just look at this short-term. That's exactly how the Flames got into this mess.
If the Flames are just as lousy for the rest of the season and refuse to make changes, that will impact the bottom line. They may not see the impact in 6 months or in 12 months or in 18 months, but it will happen.
I don't know if those lost sales exceed the cost of adding new personnel, but I truly think they would. We saw how this city supported the Flames in the late 90s/early 00s.
And I'm not even somebody who wants to run Treliving out of town. That's just how I evaluate this market.