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Old 05-17-2023, 12:34 PM   #211
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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18 View Post

They never recovered from that...and really it's tough when everything around the team has been so negative. Constant ownership changes, lawsuits, threat of relocation constantly hanging over the team.
That's the thing. Conditions like that are almost impossible to build a strong fanbase. I think the Phoenix market has a lot of potential and should be revisited in the future if they can get their poop in a scoop. At this point though, I think that franchise has killed their chances for all the reasons you mentioned. If they ever build an arena in an optimal area, give them an expansion team with a clean slate of goodwill, and I think it would work.
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