2016 and Forward: A Hypothethical

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(12-30-2015, 02:00 AM)bfine32 Wrote: Remember when the Reds got tired of just making he playoffs?

Apples and oranges.

The Reds drafted HORRIBLY for the better part of a decade under Jocketty, so their farm system became a dumpster fire. They had to trade away 4/5th of their rotation because they couldn't afford to keep them since there's no salary cap in MLB and FA prices are becoming absolutely ridiculous (MLB leader in HR allowed and earned runs last year got 5yr/$90m in FA this offseason). Meanwhile Jocketty also kept signing terrible deals, like Brandon Phillips, Homer Bailey, Kevin Gregg, Ryan Ludwick, Skip Schumaker, Jason Marquis, Ramon Santiago, Jack Hannahan, etc. They also decided the best arm in all of baseball should pitch 60 innings a year (and only with a 1-3 run lead) rather than 200+ innings a year.

Then when it finally came time to rebuild because they missed their window, they decided not to and instead tried to slap some bandaids on the team (see: Gregg, Marquis, Byrd) and have a hope and a prayer that every single thing went their way to try to win something rather than make a short quick rebuild that'd see them competing once again in just a year. It (predictably) failed.

Nothing similar to Marvin.

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Remember when the Buccaneers got tired of just making the playoffs? They hired Gruden and won the SB that year.

It works both ways. Change can be good, even if you're just terrified of memories of the 90s and love you some mediocrity.

The Bengals should have never let Zimmer get away. He should have been made the HC so he'd never leave.