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Originally Posted by Bingo
I don't think they're directionless at all.
Teams that sit on draft capital and cap space and move UFAs before deadlines have a direction.
They've clearly stopped trying to improve the current team. That's a direction.
Could they be more aggressive for sure? And I get that complaint but they're not directionless.
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A direction implies intent.
Conroy did not want to trade 7 veterans in his first season as a GM. The trading of 7 veterans reflects the number of players on expiring deals and Conroy's inability to extend them, not a planned direction to rebuild.
Conroy did not want to sit on the assets and cap space. By his own admission he attempted to take "big swings" last summer. The cap space reflects the difficulty in making trades when trying to find moves that support winning both now and in the future, not a planned direction to rebuild.
If taking almost no action in almost 2 years, while relying on a veteran core to keep us in the middle of the pack, is an intentional direction then we have bigger problems then a lack of a commited direction.