There were a lot of mistakes made during the rebuild. Bennet not working out here I think was simply a symptom of prioritizing win-now over rebuild and development ahead of schedule. In an ideal world, Hartley would have been kept for one more year simply because he was better at development than the next 3 coaches, or they would have simply hired better coaches after axing Hartley.
I am glad that Conroy is leading the team now, because he saw first hand the moves made and how they ended up working out. Hopefully the biggest lessons learned by him is "Hire decent coaches" and "Don't start trading picks to try and win now right away the second the organization shows it isn't terrible." He saw the good and the bad in every decision made, so hopefully he can make more good ones and less poor ones.
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