Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

That's a bit overly simplistic. Perhaps some did see it that way.

For me, this was the outcome that I expected with the no vote last year. The money and QOL items were in the zone of reasonableness with no deal killing concessions. I also did not see any really productive path from a no. A change of CBA would be a complete failure, and I doubted we'd see anything actually come to fruition probably until 2020 with little upside. Most people I've spoken to saw it in a similar light.