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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I know hte good years were a long time ago, but when you are discussing a team's overall success, it is weak sauce data mining to ignore the good period and start counting when it ends.
Every team will have extended periods of underperformance, if you do that
(not arguing that it hasn't been bad, just don't like cherry-picking stats)
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Yeah I don't disagree, although that was an argument about why being a Flames fan has sucked, not about the team as such. The difference between 4 wins and 7 wins is perfectly explainable by randomness, but it still comes down to 1 good year in 15 and people have limited lifespans and it's extremely tiresome to live through these times.
Additionally, I think this is all kind of nonsense. Previous success has nothing to do with current success. The league is not that random. The reason we've only won two rounds in 20 years is not just because of randomness, it's because this team has mostly sucked during that time, and when it doesn't suck they keep hiring terrible coaches.