My concern with this is largely that this is precisely how this organization has operated historically.
Again, I would strongly suggest that one of the shared characteristics of poor organizations is lack of consistency within upper management. And part of this is GMs not being given enough time.
Ultimately, results matter, but I don’t think you can just evaluate a GM on the basis of standings. At some point the roster has to do the job.
So when I look at BT I think you have to evaluate the entire body of work including:
- Drafting
- Trades
- Retaining free agents
- Signing new free agents and if those deals are good or not
- Overall cap management
- Overall asset management
I won’t go blow by blow, but for me, BT makes more good moves than bad.
Firing him after this season, because the team doesn’t make the playoffs, will be more of the same for this franchise. Meaning, hire a guy, don’t give him enough time, fire him, rinse and repeat.
At some point you gotta break the cycle and just believe that the guy you have on top is smart and ultimately is making more good moves than bad. If, you don’t believe that, then yes he should be canned.