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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Even Detroit that is considered to be a well run organization, with a star GM, is now up to a 7 year drought.
Ottawa is at 6.
Anaheim at 5.
Again I'm not disagreeing with what you are saying, just outlining why it's probably a hard argument to win with ownership. Best you can do is somehow take a more balanced and forward looking approach, without uttering the word Re-build.
To me Dallas is the model. And that also underscores why drafting is so important. They've been able to move to a new core that seems like it can compete with few high picks (Heiskenen the notable one) but they drafted REALLY well outside of high picks. That's the only way you can pull it off. Which means have to become more valuable to this franchise.
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I struggle a bit saying Dallas is the model. Hitting on picks like they did in that draft is as much luck as anything. If it were that easy, every team would be doing it and there would never be a need for a tear it down rebuild.
For me, it’s yes adding more picks and a numbers game, but just based on percentages you need at least one of those picks to be near the top of the draft. Better odds of adding an impact player or two that way, and if you hit on the others ala Dallas and Boston then you’re really cooking.