07-01-2021, 12:15 PM
(07-01-2021, 06:42 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Is it cheapness or an inability to get players to sign on the dotted line. We've gone after some good names the last two years, but they pick teams that are more clearly contenders or we don't offer the years they want because we are saving up for Sammy Superstar.I don’t think one is all that related to the other in our case. If Mark was willing to spend over the cap as long as (and ONLY as long as) we had the superstars in place, then failing to sign the superstars isn’t the issue.
A couple things:
- It took him WAY too long to come to the realization (if he actually did…) that Donnie wasn’t the guy to execute that plan. We’re into year 10 of trying this (not just the last 2 years). That is WAY too long to waste on a team with aging Dirk and budding to quickly blooming superstar Luka.
- We weren’t a more attractive destination as better contenders because we went after the superstars and big names (grand slam and home run names) and failed. Had we gone the route of getting solid upgrades (walks, singles, doubles and triples) every year. There were a lot of highly contributing players that got snatched up while we were waiting. However, we couldn’t help ourselves for 10 years.
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We are where we are, and I hope we are in a better place. Time will tell.