@OccamsRazor
Totally agree with your last post. So now the coach is fired, and it's all his fault. It appears the narrative has shifted within our forum, and that little glimmer of hope has crapt back in. The discussion has moved back to this being a playoff team if things go right. I think this is what I love most about Flyer fans (myself included), we stay loyal and hopeful.
It's still my opinion, and I suspect many others, that the team is no better off, the playoffs are pipe dream, and should the team make it, there will a false sense of security that one or two moves will flip the switch. Should they manage to get in, fletch will stay, Yeo will be permanent, and we will spend the next few years discussing the missed decisions that could have been made at this particular moment.
Fact is, this group of players will only ever be good enough to "get in", and will never go farther than that. I feel sad, not because I have been missing watching games, but because I no longer care that I have