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Originally Posted by Textcritic
That is not at all what I was getting at. I was merely pointing to the hypocrisy in these types of responses based on how they are both disruptive—and frequently unsuccessful—approaches to sidestepping the natural cycle in team-building.
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It's not hypocrisy, it's an opinion. Manufacturing situations is literally what managing a team is all about.
It's just a question of strategy. There is always gravity pulling the team in some direction. The only question is do you spend assets to reverse the pull in one direction, or do you cut the tether to let the team fly in one direction.
For people who see the team falling, it's only a matter of whether you hit terminal velocity now or in 2 years, but spending assets to defy gravity at this point is pointless. For people who see the team being pulled in a positive direction, it makes sense to spend assets to stop the bleeding we witnessed last season.
The worst place to be in the NHL is tethered in that neutral area for too long though. The league rewards bottoming out more than it does putting in the effort to stay average. If you stay in no-man's land for too long, you just slowly deplete your assets until you hit rock bottom anyway.