The temptation to win now

I think in order to make the choice to win now, you have to be able to possibly win now.

Win now is why we are where we are. Win now is why we were 5-12. Win now is why we gave one of the worst HC in the history of sports 2.5 years. Win now is why the roster is old, oft injured and bereft of overall talent and depth. Win now is why we have had far fewer draft picks than we shouldve the last 5 years.

I want to rip the band aid off. Get the cap in order. Purge the roster of old and often injured players. Trade down and pick up more draft picks to build depth. That means probably not winning now. The whole point of this is to rebuild the franchise to the point we are WINNING NOW without making a decision whether we should win now or rebuild. Winning shouldnt be a choice, but a result.
If the band aid gets ripped off before the wound is healed, then the wound likely gets infected.

If ripping the band aid off causes the team to have a really bad year, then that losing infects the team with losing. That infection makes it more difficult to get back to regularly winning, it doesn't make it easier.