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 Jay
Messages: 249
Registered: January 2007
Location: Edmonton
No Cups
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| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 29 March 2019 14:43 |
| Adam wrote on Fri, 29 March 2019 14:31 |
One thing I will say I was disappointed with - being at the game last night.
There was a long cheer for Draisaitl's 100th point, but no standing ovation. That's a huge accomplishment, and one that he may never do again, and it seemed so weird that the crowd all stayed in their seats when that was announced.
I think this decade has damaged Oilers fans as proper fans of the team. We saw that in the playoffs a couple years ago - they just didn't provide the same lift that the fans did in 2006 - they could be easily discouraged by a goal against, they could be silenced.
Compare that to 2006, where the fans just got louder when the other team scored. It looked almost reassuring to the team...there's a goal against, but that's not stopping the buzz...it's just starting even louder chants.
It's kind of sad to see the damage that has happened to everything surrounding this team from being this bad for this long...
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Only one solution I guess. Don't suck for a decent period of time :)
I can't blame any fan that is afraid to really feel good about this team, because they think a letdown is right around the corner. Probably need to put together 3-4 years of consistent not-suckiness to break that mentality.
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I actually think it has a chance to be much worse than that.
The building is still (inexplicably) full for the most part and people still throw their money away on silly looking merch but I'm not sure how much longer that will continue. The people doing that are for the most part 20+.
I think they may have kind of lost a generation that will be coming of age in the next few years.
I can speak for myself and a number of friends who have been die hard fans of this org. I used to be all in. When I was in my 20s I knew that when I had kids of my own they would be Oilers fans and one of the things I would enjoy doing with them would be following the team. So they were born on and after 2010...the first couple years I was still into it...bought them some of the baby jerseys...took them to a few of the family friendly events at the rink...
Now? Not a chance. They couldn't care less. Every once in a while I'll be like "hey the Oilers are losing again" and they'll laugh or roll their eyes.
I cant imagine in the next 5+ years there are going to be anywhere near the number of diehards willing to spend hard earned money on this joke of an org.
"Initiative comes to thems that wait"
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