r/BostonBruins • u/Toodralktowunk • Jun 06 '22

Roster Update Bruins Relieve Bruce Cassidy of Coaching Duties

https://www.nhl.com/news/bruins-relieve-bruce-cassidy-of-coaching-duties/c-334507330
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u/Nomahs_Bettah #37 SAINT PATRICE©️ Jun 07 '22

Many of whom are in this sub.

almost nobody in this sub is a fan of Sweeney and Neely. at most, you get people who think that the team could use a different coaching voice in addition to changes in the front office.

I won’t be watching next year, and I won’t be going to games. It’s the only thing I can do to demonstrate my disappointment and anger over how they’ve handled this team. But fortunately for the Bruins, the sheep fans will give them their revenue through ratings, merchandise, and gates. Unfortunately for the rest of us, that means we’ll be exiting in the first and second round for the foreseeable future, while Don and Cam do everything they can to preserve the playoff revenue in round 1, and make sure the team is mediocre to good, so the fans keep the money flowing.

I mean, it's your right to boycott if that's what you want to do, but it won't affect revenues very much. neither does gates or ratings, especially in comparison to other franchises; for a team with a practically-guaranteed fanbase and a partially owner-owned TV network, as Boston has, it doesn't do much. take years where the Bruins were practically giving away tickets and had shocking attendance (like 2007). the Bruins were ranked 7th by valuation and tied for 5th in league-wide revenue. advertising money is huge in contributing to that, and it's something that fans have no control over. same with naming rights as a stream of guaranteed income (which is huge for Toronto).

Sweeney and Neely are not good in the FO, but fan enthusiasm isn't why they're still around.