Just bush league bullshit, through and through. Jackson was not brought in because he's some brilliant mind. He was a connection hire, a desperation hire, because they sense the player will bolt, along with his sidekick and they are hoping in vain he will stay if he's surrounded by people he has histories with. They have done a piss poor job constructing the roster and finding players through the draft and through trades, and had to nearly exclusively rely on those two to produce and carry the offensive burden. Complete abdication of professional responsibility by nearly everyone in that front office, GM to scouting.
Instead of running an organization professionally they are left trying to get their top stars to solicit and recruit players, appease them when things continually circle the drain each season, all because of willful negligence and refusal to do their f***ing jobs properly. How do people like this continually get chances to run the show? Apparently because they are great ass kissers, whether it's Katz's or McDavid's.
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