I agree that there is multiple ways to do it. But his way did work. Playoffs or not, we have now went from 2 wins, to 5 wins, to 8 wins. We are on an upward trajectory, the playoffs this year was just a bonus for the state of the division.
I think he’s in/was in a tough spot between cap, draft picks, trying to build the right culture, while also trying to show some type of improvement so Tepper doesn’t mash the restart button again. There have been misses but his hits far outweigh the misses.