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Originally Posted by nik-
Relatively, yes.
It's not "I don't think we need to rebuild" and then a year or so later rebuilding because of changing circumstances. It's saying he's not the GM to participate in a rebuild, and then doing it. There is a difference there, and it's significant.
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You're surmising his philosophy based on one thing he said, which granted is all you have to go on, but lets not pretend that GM's don't say things allll the time to appear completely confident and with an absolute direction. If anything, you could lay the job preservation claim on his original statement.
Either way, he didn't leap some philosophical chasm, he just took the team in a different direction once it was very obvious the current one wasn't working and (presumably) permission was granted from the owners.
GM's are salesmen. If you're putting that much stock in his "not the GM for a rebuild" speech, then you got sold hard. You even bought the extended warranty, you silly goose.