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Post by hal on Dec 11, 2023 6:41:10 GMT -4
The negativity around this forum. Holy itโs depressing ๐ Not meaning to be condescending or mean spirited at all, but do you attend the games? Alot of people here have been supporting this team through thick and thin for years and years, nothing to show for it except being the butt of the joke within our friend groups for either being a STH, or even supporting the team at all. It's embarrassing, it's frustrating, it's saddening seeing the current state of the franchise when all you want is SO BADLY to see some form of success to keep you coming back. I feel like an addict chasing the dragon sometimes going to these games and seeing the head-to-toe incompetence. I leave mad, I leave disappointed, I leave sad more often than not. My jerseys and memorabilia aren't going anywhere, I'll still buy tickets when I can, I'll still be here listening to home and away game broadcasts on am radio. We've put countless dollars, time and effort in to support this franchise year after year just hoping and wishing that ownership finally comes through on their promises that "this year will be different", yet it seems further away now than ever. Forgive us for maybe being a bit bitter, when all we've known and experienced is failure and incompetence. Well said . Very well said..... those of us that have been waiting all these years just find these last 24 months or so to be oh so confusing . If you have watched this Team this year , do you honestly think that they are a Couple of Forwards and an Offensive Defenceman away from being a Contender ? Now Ownership is getting involved publicly making On Ice promises , so you know the direction that Coutourier was given . Seeing the Prices he paid for Schmitdt and Burridge ........what price will he pay if the Other Q GM's know he is up against it ?
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Post by Jack Bauer on Dec 11, 2023 11:22:47 GMT -4
The negativity around this forum. Holy itโs depressing ๐ So sick of these useless garbage comments with no reply, no attempt to defend it, just tossed out there as if we're somehow not calling it exactly as it is here. 100% of the time these comments are either family of players or out of towners with no money being spent on the product. Want to know who is more sick of the negativity than anyone? The people paying good money to leave an arena feeling dejected, pissed off, and that they'd be better off finding a new way to spend that $1000 2 adult season tickets cost. We have been the CHL's doormat for close to 15 years. That isn't some random statement meant to have shock value. Just go look at any way to measure success and Cape Breton is at the bottom of the country. We refuse to properly rebuild. Continue to burn bridges in a small community that does not rebuild bridges easily. Have an owner treating his investment like it's a used Buick in the backyard rusting who thinks the new coat of paint on it makes up for not changing the oil for a decade. Keep pretending the fans and community are the problem while the owner pushes for more future to be mortgaged to keep a .500 team looking as average as possible. Already mortgaging future draft years...not picks...YEARS....to try and put a winner in front of 1700 fans. Keep mismanaging everything and watch fans continue to be negative while watching an empty arena from their living room. But yeah, we're negative. What the fuck should anyone be but negative? Some of you actually believe this is some type of solution while chasing a Halifax who does things right. Almost time for GM Trady Traderson to start moving more future for veterans to continue that push towards mediocrity. How dare our educated fans not get behind buying from the middle and not doing anything that common sense management would dictate like getting younger from the middle and buying when already at the top. How can fans not get behind a .500 missing 2 years worth of future draft picks? How ungrateful they are to not want to pay to watch losses pile up while guys who cost multiple high picks don't get held to proper standards.
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Post by hal on Dec 11, 2023 13:34:13 GMT -4
Any chance as a Former GM who now is a Head Coach Only......but went through a Traditional Rebuild Cycle and took their shot last year , falling short in the Semi Final to the eventual Q and Memorial Cup Champions...........could be a Valuable Resource and a Calming Voice of Reason in all of this ?
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Post by Jack Bauer on Dec 11, 2023 13:51:01 GMT -4
Any chance as a Former GM who now is a Head Coach Only......but went through a Traditional Rebuild Cycle and took their shot last year , falling short in the Semi Final to the eventual Q and Memorial Cup Champions...........could be a Valuable Resource and a Calming Voice of Reason in all of this ? Calming voice helps the players but doesn't have any influence over direction. Do you honestly think a voice of reason will happen to change the mind of ownership? They still think "demanding it and doing it" is the way to fixing all this. Buy good players. CHECK. Win hockey games. CHECK. Fill the rink. CHECK. They think its the easy as if the wins and losses are an excel spreadsheet just needing to hit a magic number so all the checkboxes are marked off. Problem is nobody...not 1 single journalist including the guy whining about his lack of a town hall invite...the only fucking sports reporter on the Island....can ask the owner what the plan happens to be if they don't win after buying all the players. The fact our local media watches while all this happens and still has the nerve to complain about their lack of a formal invite says it all in so many ways about the state of things here.
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