I'm sorry, but if you've followed the team this far, you're not "walking away" now. This stretch of games isn't even Top 5 of terrible Canes moments in the past decade.
If you stuck around a winless October, you're not abandoning them now. If you stuck around top-pairing defenseman Jay Harrison or first-liner Chad LaRose, you can't be overly concerned about the quality of the roster NOW of all times.
But hey, everyone's got their breaking point, and if this LA loss was inexplicablly yours, so be it. But frankly, I've seen the team in far direr straights than they're in at the moment and nary a peep from "the hardest of the hardcores."
So I get what you are saying- but consider this- those days were only a couple years removed from the last playoff appearance, and it was BEFORE the team initiated a rebuild.
These is the times a decade after the last playoffs and several years after a failed rebuild, and we're still watching the tires spin aimlessly while the sand is up to the axle. Apples and oranges from the feels of the bad old days. This is worse than the Jay Harrison days for me. It should be better by now.
A pissed fanbase means less people interested in buying tickets, buying merchandise, and tuning into TV broadcasts. The rule in business is that if one person takes the time to say it, they generally represent 10s or 100s who aren't saying it to you but feel the same way.
Those of us on these boards are the hardest of the hardcores. Yet posters who have been active here for years are actively talking about stepping back from watching this team or abandoning the team completely. At any functional organization, that wouldn't just be a warning, that would be a 5 alarm fire. But that said, this isn't exactly a functional organization. Even with Dundon's off ice improvements, the lack of commitment to putting a decent team on the ice continues to actively alienate fans. If the trend continues, the team will fail, and I find myself caring less and less. I just have to hope that the Caps won't be employing Wilson and Orpik by the time I'm forced to start rooting for them.
I think this board is capable of a 4 Chan level social media campaign that would get Dundon's attention, don't you?
He's active on Twitter, start there. imagine if the Canes FB page was brought to its knees by angst, Tripp, Forslund and Luke DeCock couldn't take a shit without listening to their phone ping with more tweets, every Canes article in the N+O being spammed with depraved comments about cheap bastard owners, punchy, space cadet coaches, and an endless parade of standard plugs with fast moving legs and chest logo seeking shots.
So I think that'd definitely get his attention. And/or get the team moved to Houston most ricky tick.
