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Originally Posted by Infinit47
Please show me where I said we are a cup contender. I expect this to be a top third team, and we are not. The GM also clearly thought this was a better team than they are showing as he traded away an unprotected first round pick.
Teams pay good coaches big money, and it's not for fun. You don't outbid other teams on an asset that isn't worth anything.
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You’re comment that a different coach could make our current middling team into a “top 3rd of the league” team was what I was responding to.
At the end of the day organizations will outbid other organizations for anything that’ll give them a perceived edge. But it doesn’t mean it correlates with instant success. Take Troy Brouwer for example, we paid him $18 million over 4 years because we thought he’d make a big time impact for our team as his prior history would’ve indicated. But he’s turned out to be a dud. Paying a guy big money doesn’t guarantee anything whether it’s players, coaches or whatever.