Coach is always the easiest one to blame i find.
Cameron is kind of a strange dude with a different personality and i could definitely see it leading to a disconnect with players.
Mews is going down the path of being a player that plays his 20 year old season in the O.
Probably doesn't want to go through the restructure this year and next. (Not saying fire sale as i know Ottawa doesn't like to do that)
The writing is on the wall for sure. It is just a matter of whether you want to bother reading it.
The only thing left to question is how deep do they cut? To me, Pinelli should be obvious but Mews has a much higher value. Then there is Foster to consider. On top of that, they have the OAs who may or may not have value depending on how this saturated OA market shakes out.
Ottawa could do a light reboot and move an OA and Pinelli or could do a hard sell and move that plus Foster and Mews.
Part of me would like to see a hard sell and then snag a really high draft pick plus a high Import pick. Restock the draft picks plus a tidy surplus. Maybe snag an ‘08 in the Mews deal. See if they can pull off a deal with Barrie for Parker Vaughn (one can hope) in a Pinelli+Foster deal.
A lot of potential options out there if Boyd is willing to entertain them.
But, even though this is hypothetical discussion, it still is a little early to throw in the towel. Give the team a chance to do something and maybe there will be a surprise inside? Probably not but if you don’t give them a chance, you never get surprised.