During Lou's days we didn't have as many 7th and 8th place finishes in the last three decades as we have the last few years, just saying. Missing the playoffs the three years in a row at the end of his tenure was a freaking local tragedy and we needed a new voice, yet since then we've had seven out of eight years where we were either next to last or last, and we get slagged for being impatient now?
1. When did Lou get here, and when did they win their first cup?
2. Lou's success was in a non cap-era.
3. I 100% guarantee you they would've been a lottery team way earlier if it weren't for mb30.
Yes, you are being impatient. Shero had 0 to work with thanks to Lou but also was kind of incompetent imo which wasted another few years. Fitz has been gm for 2 years, hardly any time to judge someone as good or bad.
Yzerman was gm of Tampa for 9 years (and had some failures as well).
Sakic also won the cup 9 years later (didn't really draft that well imo but made some crazy trades).
My issue with you is not really your impatience but how you keep bashing Fitz. You have every right to be impatient with the overall rebuilding process that has started in 2015, but the fact is, shit happens, and Fitz has had 2 years to do anything.
No shit someone wouldn't have confidence in a gm in year 2, but I bet no one would've had confidence in Yzerman in year 2 either. You can't say "they've shown they know how to win" 9 years later.