People are mad at Holland for not seamlessly transitioning the team into another cup contender. In terms of actually rebuilding I think he has done a fantastic job the past couple years. He has gotten excellent returns on trades and will have drafted 30+ players in 3 years.
wow, for being active on the DRW forums here im surprised how ridiculously uninformed you are with regards to why people are upset with Holland. Nobody is upset with him for "not seamlessly transitioning the team to another cup contender" I dont know where you ever got that from, it certainly wasnt here. Maybe facebook. The mental gymnastics you'd have to perform to boil down people's disdain to Holland to what you just said boggles my mind, and you're just fabricating complete bullshit at this point.
The main two reasons people dont like Holland are
- needlessly prolonging the corpse of our previous cup contending teams from 2012 onward, delaying a rebuild in favor of perpetual mediocrity. All we got to watch for 4-5 years was the decline and retirement of datsyuk and Zetterberg. No big additions to the team to put us over the top.
- an multitude of horrible contracts which greatly inhibits our possibilities in terms of free agency and trades. Despite being one of the leagues worst teams we're the highest spender. And for what?
The attitude with Holland has shifted since he actually committed to a rebuild - which he should have done a while ago - and he's done a good job since.
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