Posted by jaydh:
zach and JC were just preventing this team from making future moves.
Exactly. See, even if we fail to cash in the 2010 FA market the fact of the matter is we threw our hat into the ring. Had we not done that then we never had any chance to be anything other than a dysfunctional group that would continue to ABSOLUTELY win only 30-odd games for three full years.
Now, we're going to have some tough times, but we're also competative enough to be that same 30-odd-wins team each of the next two seasons - ANDDDDDDDDD... we threw our hat into the 2010 ring where maybe we can make some noise and come away with something special!
See, now it's just about patience. Nothing more. While we wait for 2010 we will continue to install the MikeD system in the players we have - and develop the young kids we like - while we continue to try to shed 2011 salaries. Then when 2010 comes we will have a nice role playing core of kids, who are well versed in a firmly entrenched MikeD system, of which we can then add FAs to.
I really don't see the problem people have with this new plan of action. I just don't. The old team was going nowhere AND had no flexibility. Today we're going nowhere but we're more fun to watch, we're a more respectable franchise, and we've given ourselves a chance to improve dramatically as time goes forward.
The whole worry over Crawful and Zach trades...and who we got back... and why hasn't Walsh pulled off more megadeals to make us better... my god it's playoffs or bust.
I just can't fathom it. It's almost borderline irrational thought.
