I had kind of forgotten about the Danault trade. It made no sense from the moment it happened. I like Bowman overall, but that period of time has been truly the low point of his tenure.
That was a head scratcher move for me too. Thought Danault was better at the time than the 2 rentals they got back.
My only explanation for the overkill of deadline deals that year was Bowman could finally see the prospect system was trash so he wanted to go all in one more time before the bottom fell out. If he had made the big moves in 14 and 15 instead of 15 and 16, we’re probably looking at a 3 peat. Maybe that’s what was going through his mind during that 16 deadline, but it’s better to just take the loss than make panic moves in an attempt to rewrite history IMO.
And that is my gripe with Bowman now. He depleted the prospect pool and screwed up the cap situation leading into this year. All he had to do was meet with Rocky and tell him it was going to take a few more years to rebuild. Instead, we got what we see now, attempts at a quick fix at the expense of continued rebuilding. It will hurt the future, and it looks like it will not do anything to help the team now. Wouldn’t be surprised if he is launched pretty soon.
It’s not hard to see how much better off the team would be without his mistakes.
