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Originally Posted by Jay Random
And precisely none of them finished at the bottom deliberately. Pittsburgh did it because they were virtually bankrupt. Chicago was coming out of the last and worst years of ‘Dollar Bill’ Wirtz. Tampa had been gutted by meddling owners who ran out of money and had to sell. It isn't a thing any owner does by choice, and it's hardly legitimate to criticize a GM for not blowing up the business without permission.
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There is no more or less honorable way to rebuild if you ask me. Every league in professional sports has teams choose to build through the draft, including (gasp) making decisions to purposely tear down the team.
As a fanbase sometimes it feels like we’ve gone so anti-oiler that winning a draft lottery, or maneuvering your window to give you a chance, is seen as a disgrace.