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Originally Posted by Itse
Out of thanks, but well argued.
For the record, I'm quite alright with the swap, in a vacuum. I just think it's really short term thinking.
I don't hate it, but Treliving is once again betting a lot on a pretty small chance of success. Understandable given the situation, but I don't love it either.
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It is a 32 team league, with a cap, meaning that, other than one or two teams that can manage to separate themselves because of a homerun player or two (see; Makar), the difference between teams is very marginal. At any given time, there are maybe 10 teams that are competitive, 10 to 12 that are playoff/bubble teams, and 10 to 12 that are in some stage of rebuilding.
If a team only went all in when they had a really good chance of winning, they would
never go all in.
Lifting your team out of the middle group into into the top group is difficult. And when you get the chance to do it, you do it. Hopefully things can come together for you - which involves some luck and some career years, it isn't an exact science - and the goal is to be in a position to win, to have a
chance. If you build a core that makes the final 4 a couple times, even that is success.
Some fans seem to forget that it is a business - an entertainment business. Tickets cost a lot of money and the fans that are paying to go to games want to see a good team and to be entertained. Keyboard GMs that want to rebuild all the time just don't get it.