I think my biggest question/gripe is that this type of thing seems to stay the same, even through all the different permutations of GMs and managers we've seen.
The M's, organizationally, never seem to change strategy unless it's forced upon them by something that's totally unavoidable.
It's like the M's are stubborn and never change gears, even if it's a choice from winter.
Is there any harm into saying we're going with the hot hand?
Or, "Vogelbach has made it too hard to ignore him".
If anything, I do blame Servais for being strategically irrelevant to the team.
In terms of changes that have happened, the M's almost *always* have Dipoto on the front lines of marketing team strategy now.
And even then, it still seems command by committee.
You just wonder how a team doesn't change much through 15+ years of flailing in the basement.