tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621956830838445055.post1713690926443914678..comments2023-08-24T10:18:51.959-07:00Comments on COQUITLAM EXPRESSIONS: PLENTY OF REASONS WHY THE EXPRESS MISSED THE DANCEEddie Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855232515314249064noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621956830838445055.post-29743140466305169202009-02-21T00:19:00.000-08:002009-02-21T00:19:00.000-08:00Wow, the previous poster mentioned that Burnaby co...Wow, the previous poster mentioned that Burnaby could be a winning organization if ownership wanted to. Did they not win the national championship a few years ago? <BR/><BR/>I don't go to enough games (3 this year) to really know what happened this year. I do agree that the game day presentation needs to get pumped up. There could be a whole lot more fan interaction beyond throwing frisbees into a garbage can or whatever it is. Get a mascot, have contests, whatever. If they made it more interesting, the fans would come. As it turns out, Burnaby has some of the lowest turnouts within a huge population base. That's too bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621956830838445055.post-72942729319939016522009-02-17T19:52:00.000-08:002009-02-17T19:52:00.000-08:00Yes injuries was a problem, but there was other re...Yes injuries was a problem, but there was other reasons why this team did not make the playoffs<BR/><BR/>1. players who were more focused on themselves than on team, as the previous comments said<BR/><BR/>2.Ownerships inability to create a winning atmoshpere. when you have no office staff, no game day presentation, no sales staff, running a team on a shoe string. Players talk, when they are traded one of the first questions is what is the orginization like. Burnaby is looked at as a have not team ala Merritt, Quesnel. This could be a winning organization, but not until ownership makes a comitment to create one.<BR/><BR/>I call for ownership the commit or get out.<BR/><BR/>There needs to be a plan,for next year and the years beyond. You can not just fly by the seat of your pants, it won't work. that is the first step in turning things around for next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2621956830838445055.post-61117920141825511092009-02-16T18:11:00.000-08:002009-02-16T18:11:00.000-08:00Having watched Burnaby from the very beginning you...Having watched Burnaby from the very beginning your analysis is flawed. Injuries are a great excuse but the reasons this team failed go much deeper than the obvious. The team began with a good construct but was never left alone. It was predicated on a group of leaders that were responsible to be the go-too guys but as we all saw they were me-only guys. It was an individual team that started as 'Brodie Reids team' and simply fell apart with the ego and individual play. Any time a player can disregard any and all team aspects it is a recipe for disaster... obviously no one in management was keeping their eye on the basic ball of team... there is no I in team. No player that remains will achieve any where near the expectation you suggest because Burnaby is an individual first group. It is not surprising that since all of the me guys have been traded or left the team... even experiencing the same deficiencies has done better. This is the problem... the players you call out were not even supposed to be top guys on this team and each is so different in that they are team oriented to even call them out in the same sentence with the others is patently ridiculous. In my opinion you have all fell into the age old trap of expecting something different to happen from the same behavior... it won't... it didn't last year and it won't next year. If you mix team players with individual players you will fall to the whim of the individual because team players don't understand or can they excel in that environment. If you asked me the current circumstances will continue until you have only individuals or only a team. You guys are guilty of seeing only trees and that needs to be purged if you are ever to become an elite team in the futureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com