If it were up to me, the stats would be frozen with the old city, like they were with the Browns. For example, I live in Raleigh, NC and follow the Carolina Hurricanes. They were the Hartford/New England Whalers for many years before they came to NC. The record books all show our leaders as the combined leaders of Hurricanes and Whalers. But I didn't care about the team when they were in Hartford and neither did anyone else here. And I am sure that the Whalers fans in Hartford do not actively follow the Hurricanes leaders (except maybe to root against them). I'd just as soon just see our all-time leaders as being our guys from Carolina and the Hartford Whalers can just be that. Did the San Francisco fans follow Mel Ott? Did Oakland fans follow Connie Mack and Jimmie Foxx? Nope. Let the stats stay where they are. Just my opinion.
Sam
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