Building Around Cooper: A Backward-Looking Thought Experiment

[mvossman]

Yes I am focused on what to do now, and have very little interest in assessing what moves they will have to make in 2027, 2028, and so on. Why? Because we just don't know what it will look like when we get there. Some parts of the team will look WAY different to us in a year, and we don't know what those developments will be. Some may be awful changes, but some may be great positives. 

Whatever they are, it will change what needs to be done down the road. Ya don't know what ya don't know.

I think when you are going through a reset and expect it to take a couple of years to get to where you want to be, its importing to look farther into the future than the next offseason.  Some decisions require more prep than in the moment.  If they determine they will likely need to pool their assets for a big trade in the future then it impacts what they do now.  If they think they may want to go the free agent route in 28 when a lot of the contracts expire and Flagg has not signed extension yet, then they need to be thinking about that now.

I think a lot of this comes down to how close you think we are.  If you think we are reasonably close then your focus is going to be in the near term.  If you think we are a ways away, then the focus is going to be on longer term and bigger moves.