Agreed, but I doubt it explains a 100 percent difference.....
This ownership group routinely blamed fans in the past, under St. Peter. They cut payroll right after winning a playoff series. They will have one of the lowest active payrolls in the game next year, when you deduct CC, Ryan, and Jeffers. They've lost more games than they've won the last two years. They did nothing after the deadline to convince the fans things were going on a winning direction. This is on ownership.