Expansion

[dejota]

He means we chose Calgary and LV for geographic reasons since they're far enough away from other markets they don't impact their budgets.

Again, I would like to see these unstable GMs called out. If not publically, which is understandable, then PM Scotty and I. As has previously been mentioned we cannot control life, jobs, school, getting bored etc. but one of the things that initially sparked this conversation was the fact we were constantly able to have 3 or more GMs on the wait list in case said situations arose.

I think we also need to realize that a lot of what's creating No's, it seems, is semantics such as divisional alignment. I understand we can't just go 'that'll be worked out later', but at the same time I don't think they're deal breakers and deserve a maybe or 'yes as long as X is addressed'.

As far as the risks to the league, I keep hearing a lot of "it will ruin our league" without any further explanation or facts other than "in this other league"...I'm sorry but that's not how my brain works, I need to know why these leagues failed b/c of expansion and how FCM is or could be put in a similar situation by expansion. Until those two dots are connected it's hard to believe there weren't other factors already in place and that, at best, expansion was the straw that broke the camels back, but probably not the main cause. The only other reasoning I've heard is having poor GMs and Scotty and I have presented two GMs we support and presented the alternative of having one of our current "rock" GMs or even myself handle the other expansion team.

Lastly, I think we need to remind ourselves that nobody is dismissing anybody's POV as invalid or stupid or not counting in the grand scheme of things. A lot of animosity seems to be stemming from that line of thought. Scotty and I certainly want to field your opinions and will not make a decision without them if at all possible.