Those who are thinking tank, where do you think we’d end up? What draft pick would we get? And would you want to play for a team whose fans want them to lose?
Those who are thinking tank, where do you think we’d end up? What draft pick would we get? And would you want to play for a team whose fans want them to lose?
I don’t actually want them to “tank”, but I do want them to make important choices that will provide the flexibility they will need to rebuild. In the process of rebuilding, they could land upon a few outstanding players on rookie contracts that unexpectedly make them really competitive and exciting. What’s more likely is they have 2 or 3 growing pains seasons while figuring out who should stay and who they could sell high before finding their footing again – but that’s part of the process of putting the pieces together. I don’t want them to chase a bad record just to get a good draft pick, I want them to hoard assets right now, and to continue doing so until they have the flexibility and the pocket depth to make some deliberate moves – short-term record be damned.