This should have been their year, and they screwed it up. And for those clamouring for easy answers, canning the coach or the GM, spend more money, or adding a player or two would offer no sure-fire panaceas. Getting over the hump is trickier than just collecting sufficient talent.
One of the best places for the Rebel Club to start rebuilding trust is through their off-season shopping this winter. Though team scouting director Jack Glasscock — whose obfuscations about his own job status is no help to matter, though indications are he’ll be staying beyond the expiration of his contract — continually says otherwise, it sure seems clear that the organization had their hands tied financially this last off-season.
