Seriously, if we were looking to make a big splash, the time was earlier when we had a chance at the playoffs. Much less chance of it happening now until before the expansion draft at the very least.
And I really don't understand anyone that has lamented the quality of the draft. 2007 was thought to be not a great draft, and you can find some pretty big time talent throughout it, for instance. What the hell else was Francis supposed to do other than get picks for the draft that's here? Hold onto the players and not take the picks? Seems dumb.
I think by the time all is said and done, i.e. the draft being over, we'll have no problems with having acquired all those picks as they'll likely have been used for much more than drafting 11 or more prospects. We're all frustrated about not having made the playoffs in so long, but as mentioned, it's silly to complain about the effectiveness of JR over the years, and then pile on Francis for doing what most of us wanted done years ago. Now, if he doesn't show some huevos this summer, I get it, but I think we're where we should be at the moment.
