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Originally Posted by dino7c
Media coverage plays a large part...easier to suck when nobody really cares
It's not an excuse just an observation...1993
Fans didn't show up when the Flames missed the playoffs 7 years in a row...almost lost the team
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Are you saying pro sports team that get a lot of media attention are at a disadvantage? I don’t believe the results across all of sports will bear that out and
I can’t think of why hockey would be different.
I just can’t buy that the Flames operate in some pressure cooker environment.
There are other reasons why the Canadian franchises have struggled. A lot of people talk about how UFA’s don’t want to play here but I’d argue you need to look higher up the food chain. The Canadian franchises have made some bad decisions at the GM level, and maybe it’s partly because they’ve had a hard time attracting talent at that level.