Gonna nail my colours firmly to the mast here.
This off season needed to be a huge message of intent by the club, firstly to show that what had gone before was not good enough and failure would not be rewarded but also in no small matter that the Club acknowledged that mistakes had been made and lessons had been learned (Ignore your fan base at your peril)!
Off season gets off to a great start by announcing PR as head coach and he puts out a great video interview.
Season ticket deadline day was approaching and many ST holders (myself included) were of the let’s wait and see before recommitting to another season.
The silence from the club was deafening, then on deadline day they announce Arniel. Great signing, message of intent and I renew my ST.
A few underperforming/ injury prone players announced as not returning, another positive move but the injury prone court jester Mosey is rumoured to have r-signed, backward step I think to myself.
We announce Rymsha, another positive, a bit of momentum is building.
Barrow signs, a young guy with potential, great 3rd line winger I think to myself.
We re-sign Sanford and Cox, great news.
Maybe we’re gonna get the 10 or so upgrades that we probably need to be a championship team.
A few more players are rumoured to have signed, Ully, Booth, Donaghey and Busch, all good solid signings.
We just need a big power forward now and Crawford to return I think to myself.
Alas, rumours are rife that Crandall is returning after a poor season and I start to think we are gonna fall short by a couple of players.
Then last night, let’s be honest most on here knew who the last 3 would be weeks if not months ago. Crawford is a class act but the other two fall short of what’s needed.
The ice ( pAdvertising) I don’t have a problem with, busy yes, but we need increased revenue streaming.
The elephant in the room, the Re-Brand! Why??
Re-brand the arena absolutely, but the Devils logo?????
Now I get it that sometimes peoples views on branding can be subjective (personally I never understood the snooker table in our original logo) but you change your team logo/identity for a good reason not a whim and you certainly don’t do it without ’feeling the room’!
Huge momentum killer last night, we conceded short handed goals for fun last season, we conceded a huge one last night!
There is nowhere to hide this season now, there are a lot of ‘pissed off’ fans that need to placated with a winning team!