Quote:
Originally Posted by PeteLFan
If the playoffs are not the goal then what is?
Would you have preferred he say, well you know we expect to suck for next 2-3 years then hopefully we might end up in the playoffs.
|
Yes, but not exactly, I would have perferred he said our goal is to improve from a 30th place team next year and to be a team contending for Stanley cups over the next 5 years. Our goal the organization talks about shouldnt be for next year.
To me the statement of a Mandate to make the playoffs means sacrificing opportunities to be better in the future to win in the present. I am all for trying to make the playoffs next year provided that all of our moves are based on being the best we can be in 3-5 years and not 1-2 years.
The word Mandate scare me as it was the Mandate to make the playoffs that started the whole phaneuf/joki disaster that got us here in the first place.