The only person that was for Vasteras at the start and that was Pensfan (Because he had an obsession with a 2nd Division Swedish Hockey league team). It was the only franchise that was directly named after a real life team. It wasn't liked from the start. When you came along and won it also had been 20+ seasons of failure and people were tired of it then. I never went around bashing Vasteras much as others, but I can tell you one thing; it was a bad idea from the start. So as much as you think it's a circle jerk, its also the same type of circle jerk that it "pro" Vaster always coming in backing a team.
Whether you like it or not it wasn't liked by 70% or more of the site based on its stupid location, stupid name and very very stupid idea behind it. PensFan is gone and it doesn't matter anymore. Moving forward its better for the team. I agree with you that when some people bash it it doesn't bode well, but that could apply to most things on this site. Also the fact that you said draftees already hated before being drafted was bad (which is true), the fact that some long standing members who re-create want nothing to do with helping it is also a bad thing for the team, but warranted. All in all it is done and a new direction was needed and granted. Cheers to Stockholm!