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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefIllini" data-source="post: 1416522" data-attributes="member: 588522"><p>Because drafting is lucky, staying healthy is lucky, playing teams at the right time is lucky. </p><p></p><p>Of course, theres plenty that goes into drafting the right player and such, but sports have a pretty large amount of luck involved in them anyways. What if Toews was drafted by either team ahead of the Hawks, or they passed on Kane, or either of those guys had a major injury that kept them out of the playoffs any year they won? Those possibilities are real, especially the last one. I'd wager to say 75% of the teams that make the playoffs have at least a 10% chance of winning it all, and the highest probability isn't more than 25-35%, mainly because of luck. </p><p></p><p>I wont sit here and say some Joe Schmo could've came into the Hawks after Tallon and built the roster Bowman did, because thats absolutely not true. he made great signings (Hossa I believe was one of his first, but I could be wrong), and he made the right choices on resigning/not resigning a lot of players. He extended the window for this team. Honestly, probably all he could've done. Hindsight is dangerous, but albatross contracts that initially extended the dynasty, are and have forced it closed much faster. As it stands right now, I still think he's a top half GM, but his questionable signings and resignings and players he's drafted are building up. This year is the culmination. </p><p></p><p>That all said, no chance I change anything about the past decade for the hawks, thats something some franchises never experience. But a lot of people like calling Bowman a "wizard" and "genius", when in reality, most of his decisions were made by the time he took over. And the ones he has had a say in, are generally negative.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefIllini, post: 1416522, member: 588522"] Because drafting is lucky, staying healthy is lucky, playing teams at the right time is lucky. Of course, theres plenty that goes into drafting the right player and such, but sports have a pretty large amount of luck involved in them anyways. What if Toews was drafted by either team ahead of the Hawks, or they passed on Kane, or either of those guys had a major injury that kept them out of the playoffs any year they won? Those possibilities are real, especially the last one. I'd wager to say 75% of the teams that make the playoffs have at least a 10% chance of winning it all, and the highest probability isn't more than 25-35%, mainly because of luck. I wont sit here and say some Joe Schmo could've came into the Hawks after Tallon and built the roster Bowman did, because thats absolutely not true. he made great signings (Hossa I believe was one of his first, but I could be wrong), and he made the right choices on resigning/not resigning a lot of players. He extended the window for this team. Honestly, probably all he could've done. Hindsight is dangerous, but albatross contracts that initially extended the dynasty, are and have forced it closed much faster. As it stands right now, I still think he's a top half GM, but his questionable signings and resignings and players he's drafted are building up. This year is the culmination. That all said, no chance I change anything about the past decade for the hawks, thats something some franchises never experience. But a lot of people like calling Bowman a "wizard" and "genius", when in reality, most of his decisions were made by the time he took over. And the ones he has had a say in, are generally negative. [/QUOTE]
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