Bleach Clean
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- Aug 9, 2006
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what you havent wrapped your head around is that this team was destined to be bad for a few years no matter who the GM was. Combo of what the owners wanted + a garbage prospect pool + challenging contracts handed out to declining vets. Plus your definition of rebuild is skewed. This isnt your xbox where you magically trade everyone over 25 for blue chip prospects in return. LOL.
It was destined to be bad. On that we can agree. That said, where we don't agree is the following:
- How long was it expected to be bad?
- What should the GM have done in the meantime?
- How well is Benning executing in the meantime?
Cratering is not the issue. Challenging contracts (to Benning maybe) and a weak prospect pool were not the issues. It's what Benning did in that weakened state that is the issue. Your assumption here is that any GM would have had the same performance given the initial state of the team -- And that's wrong.