Despite all of this WINS and LOSSES are the way to JUDGE how often the Jets are buying in. If the Jets were so very bad at managing their "effort level" the past few years, if they improve at that should they not then MAKE playoffs? What's the point of being more consistent if your just being more consistently worse?
This is pro sports. For all the talk of character, effort level, etc it comes down to one thing. Winning. The Jets need more of it. Great that Chevy maybe has "his team" now, but now they need to show it.
Just FYI, I am not the one waiting for the "big" roster move. Jets have never been there. I have been advocating simply that this Jets core has not come close to the standards that are neccessary for pro sports. I do not see guys like Antropov and Hainsey holding back the rest of the core. Quite simply if you look at the historical comparaisons, Jets look more like Columbus and Florida type rebuilds (ie one playoff round one season then another rebuild) than they do a Los Angeles, Chicago, Pittsburgh.
while I agree with much of the remainder of your post, I completely disagree with the bolded
maybe it's because I'm a poker player where being results oriented is your greatest pitfall, but in a sport like hockey, which by its nature contains so much randomness and luck, judging SOLELY on wins and losses is being terribly shortsighted
if you consistently outplay the opposition you're more likely to win a greater number of games than not, but it is by no means a guarantee and vice versa
2 quick examples off the top of my head would be
1) last years Leafs who were outplayed but relied on ridiculous SH%
2) your 2011-2012 Kings who (during the regular season) consistently outplayed teams (I think 4th best Fenwick Close) but had the 2nd worst SH% in the league
tl/dr context is everything
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