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Originally Posted by Samonadreau
I keep hearing this, but ai also keeps hearing fans cmscream for patience. I think its Canadian owners and media that are not patient.
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That is not really the point I was making. My point was that Canadian fans are SO invested that unless the team is perrenially contending, we will be screaming about everything they think is wrong, because we are all convinced we know how to win. Whether rebuilding, or pushing to keep the competitive window open, the volume of discontent from within Canadian fanbases can be deafening. And, you are right—the media escalates this anxiety. I think owners tend to exhibit impatience because they are scared to death of how fanbases will react based on how they do react. Don't like the direction of the team? Cancel your season tickets and stop going to games. This Sword of Damacles dangling over an owner's head is likely to push him into making poor decisions, and it's a no-win situation. Because you cannot please every fan, you cannot simply shut the noise from fans out, there are always going to be fans who are vocally, persistently dissatisfied. In Canafian markets—much more so than anywhere in the US—swaths of dissatisfied fans are much more unavoidable.
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