I think enough time has passed that we can look back on this one and review it. Back in S34 and 35 the Portland Admirals (now the San Francisco Pride) were the toast of the west and made it to back to back Challenge Cup finals. After years of grinding it out in the basement and several rebuilds they arrived. While they couldn't win the cup they were close and S36 looked to be another opportunity to prove that. But then they failed to pay their rookies appropriately, which caused their GM to be penalised and promptly fired, which in turn frustrated the coach who retired in outrage which in turn forced the interim GM to go full fire sale for pennies on the dollar which led a few other players to retire out of frustration which led to the top team in the west being reduced to a basement dweller in a little less than a week. I've been here for a while now and I don't believe I've seen a collapse quite like this one. The next GM would even change the name and relocate the team to shed the nagging stigma from it. A wise choice and although the Admirals logo and colours were dope (and existing) the Pride have grown to become a terrific (and original) brand.