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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
While it's not that you are wrong to have expectations be high or feel that people building this team shouldn't be held accountable if things don't go well, there are a few things in your post that stand out to me.
- one, tree didn't go all in with the picks simply with this season in mind. That's a move made to hopefully have positive impact beyond this year and was far from a "short term move". People seem to falsely assume all moves involving picks as giving up on the future for right now. It depends on the move. That move was more a long term sacrifice for hopefully short but also medium and potentially long term gain.
- two, missing the playoffs, as painful as it is for the fans, does not mean what it used to even 10 years ago. Teams win the cup then miss the next year, then contend again the following year. Not saying the best of the best don't find more consistency than that, but missing doesn't mean you are that far off necissarily.
This team is still young and at most is just starting it's window with almost all it's best players in their early 20's with more improving to do and maturing to do. Not saying it's the entire issue, but it's part of why they are so inconsistent.
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Exactly this. i think the team is aiming for cup contention in the second half of the JG/SM contracts. Recent moves are designed to achieve that. Contend for a few years and win a cup in that window. Let star players move on thereafter if they wish to follow the money and avoid having to sign any player in their late twenties to an expensive contract that becomes an albatross a few years later. That's the model.