Emperoreddy
Show Me What You Got!
He said two years ago was the was not the direction the team needed to go and the past is the past regarding our cup teams and 2012. He told the owners there is no other way to do this, there are no shortcuts, we have to get younger, more assets, and continue building along these lines.
He reiterated that the direction we were going was not the way and we're in a good position now that we're not a team with a bunch of 31, 34 and 35 year olds with only 4 picks heading into the draft anymore. He also said you can't build a team through free agency only supplement it or when you're a player away to make a difference. Continue with developing our young players, accumulating assets and draft picks and take advantage of opportunities when they present them like Hall and Palmieri.
That is brutally honest, but it is also true. We spent years sitting around with aging players, and we kept shipping picks out for plugs. Now we have finally started to accumulate draft picks and use them and we are going significantly younger in a hurry.