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Originally Posted by Bingo
Honestly I've always understood the logic in negativity. Don't think any of us love this team or where it's going.
It's just the enjoyment of being negative that bewilders me.
I guess I keep expecting the understanding of what we have to settle in and then just move on with some hope and try and enjoy the season.
Likely not happening.
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No one gets enjoyment out of the negativity that surrounds this team. No one. But you have to understand that people want to cheer for a winner, or at least a team that appears like they have potential of improvement and being better. When the team does nothing to address the most pressing issues facing the team, and the negatives keep piling up, the fanbase is going to go to the dark side. That is where the fans currently are, and for very good reasons.
Consider that the team has under-achieved with this same core for the past few seasons. It seems everyone knows we need to improve in this area, but nothing is done in this regard. Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and dump a player just to shake up the organization and inject some new blood. People look at the top six and see the same guys, so expectations are going to be the same.
Next, the team has allowed important players on the blueline to leave without ay return in back-to-back years. Brodie and Giordano are both dynamic players that stand out in their ability to move the puck. That dynamic is sorely missing right now. I think Tanev was a great signing, but that glaring hole in the lineup is not replaced by Tanev. The blueline has become weaker and that is very evident in the play. How can anyone get excited about the loss of the very likeable Giordano and see him replaced with Gudbranson and Zadorov? These guys have to show they can shoulder that loss and improve the back end. It hasn't started out well.
Another issue that continues to plague this team is the revolving door of coaches. The fans are looking at wins and losses and want a coach that will generate more of the former than the later. It was obvious that Ward was not a great coach, but he had the team at .500 (11-11-2) when he was sacked, and the fans expected a lot more Sutter came in and the team didn't do much better, ending the season 15-16-1, thanks to the 4-1-0 finish against Ottawa and Vancouver to close out the season. Was this a good hire, or a retread, trying to recapture enthusiasm from a past time? This is still open to discussion, but all the "negatives" of the predicted Sutter return have surfaced. In is more size, but less speed. In are more "Sutter" type players, including retreads from his days in Los Angeles. At a time when the fans see teams that feature young fast players that move the puck quickly and generate offense off the rush, the Flames are standing out as an anachronism in the current game. The team makes it hard to get excited about the on ice product.
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Originally Posted by Bingo
Totally up to you.
No one is making anyone watch. No one is making any one log into this site and talk about it either.
People choose to log in and be down on pretty much everything.
that's what I don't get.
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That's the mood of the fanbase. They want badly to cheer for something that gives them hope. This looks very much like the same lineup that has led to so much disappointment. You can try and talk up the changes made on the bottom line being an improvement, but the best players are the ones people look to, and they are the same. That is disheartening after hearing how aggressive the GM was going to be in trying to make change. All of this has been one let-down after another. This is why the mood of the fanbase is one of no hope and dwelling on the negative. Until something positive happens to shift the direction of the team, the fans will follow the same downward trajectory and bottom out along with the team they love. We all want to find something positive in this team, but the results just aren't there, and that's all the fans care about. Results.