Which is why Torts is by far the best choice, given the constraints placed by this organization.
I think you'd have the same issue with Trotz as you did with AV, while Trotz might have built Nashville a couple decades ago, he's been in win now mode in Wash and on the Isle, and will almost certainly take a job with the same mindset.
Torts really seems to like the process of building a team as much as the eventual goal.
And I think the PTB doesn't really understand that about him, they think of him as a "turnaround artist," but don't get that for him, turning a team around starts with turning around players, not giving the GM a shopping list.
The question is whether Fletcher does understand that, and will work with him, or feels he has to show a "bias for action," and make moves just to placate the PTB.
You're dead. Go back and look at the D+1, D+2 seasons, BEFORE they were in-house.
The guys who flopped, for the most part, flopped before the organization got their mitts on them.
The guys who succeeded, shone in those seasons.
The one exception was Patrick, and that was bad scouting/luck.
The only one who shone before they entered the organization was Frost, but he also lost a year to injury, book isn't finished on him.
They may not have done a great job developing players, but it's not like they ruined top prospects, either.
Relative to draft position, the only "underachiever' might be Provorov, Farabee (#14), Sanheim (#17), TK (#24), Hart (#48) are what you'd expect or better. Lindblom was a steal, but he performed in the SHL.
Laberge was bad luck, Rubtsov bad scouting, Ratcliffe, Ginning, JOB the same. Allison is good player, bad luck.
The Fletcher/Flahr picks so far have had better D+1, D+2 campaigns except for Touamaala.
