Fan Confidence Drops Nearly 30 Points To 41 Percent

by Travis Hughes on Mar 23, 2010 3:00 PM EDT in Features

The Broad Street Hockey Fan Confidence Rating is a measurement of how confident fans are in the current direction of the organization as a whole. Voters take into account the team's on-ice performance, management and coaching decisions, and the overall status of prospects and the farm system.

That's a hell of a drop. Maybe it's the loss of Michael Leighton. Maybe it's the loss of Jeff Carter. Maybe it's a sweep by Atlanta. But despite reaching fifth place in the Eastern Conference for the first time potentially all season a month ago and a chance to get back to that point with a victory tonight over Ottawa, fan confidence is down in the dumps.

In this edition of the poll, 511 fans responded, and their collective responses show us that they're just 41 percent confident in the direction of the Philadelphia Flyers.

It's safe to say that the lack of confidence has a lot to do with the general impatience Flyers fans have these days. And it's a rightful feeling. We're pissed off that this team plays inconsistent hockey every. single. night. We're pissed off that they can look like a Cup-caliber team against Chicago and a lottery-pick-level team against the Rangers a day later.

We're sick of the goaltending problems, and even though injuries are inevitable, it obviously goes far beyond that. We're just sick of it. The Flyers have teased us all season long, and despite nice numbers since the end of December, we know in watching this team night in and night out that the answers just aren't there. Maybe it's an over reaction, but we're sick and tired of just being mediocre.

It's evident by the polling here. After the jump, a graph of Flyers fan confidence over the season.

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I mentioned this in the actual voting thread.

The Flyers have been stuck in a holding pattern since losing to Detroit in 1997. If the pattern holds, they are due to lose in the first round of the playoffs this year.

Honestly, after all of the promise of the early season, and after all the pre-season hype, I’m sure Snider will not accept anything less than an appearance in the Conference Finals. I don’t think Homer’s job is safe no matter what happens.

Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?

by mikefive on Mar 23, 2010 3:42 PM EDT reply actions

Which means that, if the pattern holds, the Flyers should get to the Conference Finals next year? I guess we have something to look forward to then, haha. Maybe they can get past the Conference Finals and go to the Stanley Cup finals instead. Unfortunately there is no " Win Stanley Cup" in the pattern to help us make assumptions. Sigh.

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by Mitchell Green on Mar 23, 2010 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions

I think so. They can somehow combine the second round loss and conference finals loss of 2003 and 2004, respectively, and turn them into a big fat Cup win.

Somehow, I feel like next year could actually be The Year.

Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?

by mikefive on Mar 24, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions

And you’ll have that feeling until ~40 games through next season.

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by ToddtheFox on Mar 24, 2010 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions

My confidence right now is a big fat 0. Even if by some miracle under the sun we make it to the playoffs, does anyone really want this team to be annihilated by the Caps because we’re probably looking at the 8th seed at best now. This no heart, no offense, leaderless team won’t stand a chance. And if I wake up tomorrow and read about Gagne having another concussion I’ll probably throw up.

by Kanayd on Mar 24, 2010 1:24 AM EDT reply actions