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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Most of these discussions end up being circular. My view is that the organization via the owners, set expectations for a rapid rebuild that caused Bt to spend what capital he had prematurely to plug holes instead of going through a proper asset rebuilding process this franchise has needed for decades.
Whether one buys into that probably largely defines where you fall on whether he should be retained or not.
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I do think ownership caused the rebuild to not be as deep or long.
It was a bad strategic decision, and they should get the blame. Ownership is to blame for the prolonged mediocrity.
But Treliving has definitely made many of his own mistakes.
The more specific errors can be attributed to Treliving. The Gulutzan hire, the Neal signing, acquiring guys like Smith and Elliott instead of Lehner and Grubauer... These were just bad evaluations of talent.
I would say that both ownership and management should be fired.
However, only one of these things is possible (unfortunately).