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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
Not directed specifically at you Mr. Coffee, but when we talk about wanting to scorched earth re-build around here, we all need to stop asserting the strategy is to "go after McKenna, or even go after 1st overall". That is not a strategy, that is a hope and a prayer. The team has zero control over whether they get that 1st overall pick, and it isn't even close to the mostly likely outcome, no matter how bad we might be.
The scorched earth supporters need to be comfortable with that strategy, assuming we won't get Mckenna, and be comfortable that this is the right strategy assuming we never get that first overall pick, and that we can build effectively from simply being in the top 5 (which btw, I'm not saying isn't a good strategy).
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Rebuilding isnt about targeting a first overall. It is a simple acknowledgement of 1) We arent good enough to win right now, and 2) We don't have the pieces to win in the near future.
Once you acknowledge that then trading win now resources to stockpile futures makes sense, and the bi product of that is you draft higher.
The issue with the Flames is that they have chronically failed to acknowledge points 1 and 2. And in trying desperately to shortcut we build a perpetually middle team that lacks the top players needed to contend.