Thursday's Mail Bag
Here is one of the better questions:
Q: Damien; I enjoy your insight into the game and share many of your views. I have never subscribed to the view that Leaf fans would not stand for a complete over haul of the club. An overhaul that would leave the club in a non competitive position for a period of time, perhaps with the playoffs being a distant dream for another couple of seasons. Do you think that the Board will give, or should give JFJ, should he be retained, the latitude to blow up this ship and rebuild from the bottom up? I for one would welcome it.
Jeff Ostic, Fergus, Ont.
A: You’re not the only one, that’s for sure. The “blow up the Leafs” support group may be larger than the Green Party these days.
Would the Leaf board support such a plan? Doubtful. More to the point, this is a organization just as dedicated – or more dedicated – to profits as on-ice success, so a plan that involves multiple years outside the Stanley Cup playoffs wouldn’t interest them.
Finally, people often cite such an approach as though it had a guaranteed outcome. But there’s no guarantee that finishing low in the standings would necessarily net quality young players, and while everybody loves the Pittsburgh Penguins right now you can look no further than the Washington Capitals or Chicago Blackhawks to understand being lousy may also mean you stay lousy.
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