Next change opportunity or how to save Hawks now
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 2:43 pm
Another deadline has come and gone. We can now look at our new team(lol). We brought in an expiring rotation player, let Scott go and brought in 2 more nobodies. Should be an uniteresting rest of the season.
We will still only have 6 players sined for next season. The big question; should Sap be re-signed. If he is, we know that we'll be set up for 4 years of mediocrity at best, watching old guys trying to carry not very good young guys (mid to late firsts).
What happens if we don't sign Sap? We won't have enough cap to field a competitive team. Too much tied up in DH (avg and declining), Baze (marginal starter), Schro and cap holds ect...
So sign Sap or not? If not, what's the route to go with a gutted roster?
I think the rest of this season will be watching the Hawks slide and a lot of second guessing as people wake up to the sad state of the Hawks.
Hawks need to change strategy; sign FAs to either develop (young) or to swing before expiring and accumulate picks and young guys. Tired of developing older guys on short contracts; not a good strategy. Get them young through the draft, FA or trade, develop. Sign an occaisional FA just to trade down the line, not win 1 extra game.
We need a strategy to restock the talent. The talent drain the last three years has been historic; going from 5 all-stars in their prime (save Korver) and a 60 win team to failed first rounders, best players walking, getting old, no good young guys brought in through trade or FA...
We will still only have 6 players sined for next season. The big question; should Sap be re-signed. If he is, we know that we'll be set up for 4 years of mediocrity at best, watching old guys trying to carry not very good young guys (mid to late firsts).
What happens if we don't sign Sap? We won't have enough cap to field a competitive team. Too much tied up in DH (avg and declining), Baze (marginal starter), Schro and cap holds ect...
So sign Sap or not? If not, what's the route to go with a gutted roster?
I think the rest of this season will be watching the Hawks slide and a lot of second guessing as people wake up to the sad state of the Hawks.
Hawks need to change strategy; sign FAs to either develop (young) or to swing before expiring and accumulate picks and young guys. Tired of developing older guys on short contracts; not a good strategy. Get them young through the draft, FA or trade, develop. Sign an occaisional FA just to trade down the line, not win 1 extra game.
We need a strategy to restock the talent. The talent drain the last three years has been historic; going from 5 all-stars in their prime (save Korver) and a 60 win team to failed first rounders, best players walking, getting old, no good young guys brought in through trade or FA...