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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Clearly he means everyone who cares about the team. I tend to agree I can’t find anyone I know who likes this team outside this board who does not think the Flames are doomed and need to blow it up
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Yes, but that’s exactly the point I made to begin with.
The Flames just don’t care about the hardcore fans, they care about the casual fans as well. They care about market appeal.
They’re not idiots. They understand the market and it seems pretty evident that they’re more comfortable with a reliable 16,000 in the stands (let’s say) and a relatively competitive team year to year, than they are 12,000 on a rebuilding team for who knows how long. I’m not saying that’s what I would do but their direction is understandable. There’s a reason why the Flames have never truly’rebuilt’ and there’s a reason why they only have had one top five pick ever. I don’t know all their reasons but I suspect, strongly, is because they understand the market. They understand how much they can charge for tickets, boxes, beers, merch, all of it. And they probably have a good idea of what missing the playoffs for 5-8 years means as well.