Doing nothing is not a plan. Never has been, never will be. It's doing nothing.
Nobody ever has/had to be moved. Just some sort of direction needed to implemented. If the Jets wanted to build around the core of guys they had, they needed to do that. If the Jets wanted to build for the future they needed to do that. Being paralyzed by inaction is WORSE than taking even bad action.
Please explain to me what the plan is that so expertly went right over my head? Rebuild with draft picks? Well, no we are not adding picks overall and in fact drafting less than average in key early rounds. Try to win now? Well no results speak for themselves.
There is no clear goal, no clear plan. This is a group that is getting awful close being torn apart and when you consider it takes 3-5 years PAST first making playoffs to win the cup it is basically impossible for this group to ever be any kind of threat.
There is a definitively clear goal , you just don't agree with it . That's your choice , but you present nothing to change the reality that there is a plan .
The draft criticism becomes easier to see through as we progress with this plan. It isn't the way you believe we need to be to be effective , but are you saying you're unhappy , not satisfied with our drafting to date? Are we ineffective , or have done well drafting? Sure not final results and some still a ways away and to be determined but right now, today I think we have drafted not perfectly but very well. Especially for firsts where we look to have 4 core players and maybe something special , for more than one of them. Not limited to those four only , we have added depth and upside to a barren prospect pool. We are in a much stronger position for our 18 to 21 year old group. Provides a lot of strength , next year imo the flow through of several of this players to regulars , replacing weaker players . We've done well , maybe very well. We'll see but that was a plan and while it wasn't perfect of course I think it was done nicely , we've gone from the very bottom of prospect pools to inside the top ten and higher according to some. Sure it has to happen , but as it stands now hard to not say it isn't a positive , plus , at least to me that is an easy success.
We haven't traded any core players but there wasn't a need to imo . No pressure point , nothing that can't be worked with. Chevy's open but he isn't making that type of trade until he gets the right one , or the best one. I've said before and others have as well, the Jets can't lose that type of trade. To important for a franchise like this , so that we haven't isn't a negative to me , we've retained our upper end assets very well. Frolik is yet to be seen of course , but we've got a lot of players that would be coveted. At some point you are at decision time , but I don't think we gone past that yet.
I personally don't want to trade Kane , I think he's going to have a fantastic year , his value will be higher , he hasn't hit maximum value . We're not that old , we've got time to manipulate the roster, just let's do that when we get the deal we think is right. I don't think we've lost anything by not making a trade. We are still in control.
Hard to argue against the holding pattern for points and playoffs , but we are improving , not there yet , but this time next year I think we are where we want to be , a playoff team with legitimate reasons to think we will be getting better. Young base of plus players , solid veteran corp that could continue to play for years or be used to make a trade . That's what I believe the Jets are pointing toward like it or not , that's their plan , I quite like it , has to unfold that way of course , but I am thinking it does.
Of course , we need the goaltending situation to be a positive , anyway,anyhow , but we have an opportunity for a couple of our strong Goalie prospects to make that happen , maybe that is part of the plan too.