Never took the guy for granted, on the contrary have a huge respect for him. However in the end Babcock was bad for this team because
he took this stinking pile to the playoffs the last 4-5 years when it had no business being there. The focus was on keeping the streak alive and putting a guaranteed loser in the playoffs when the focus should have been rebuilding. The window for rebuilding was squandered on keeping a streak alive. Instead of watching a new crop of young players develop we watched a team of complete mediocrity first round exit their way through inevitable decline. Oh well at least maybe the rebuild can start now.