It was seen as a given, especially after the two wins against weak teams, but in the end we will probably miss that target too. Not that will change a whole lot, we have not showed anything new in that tournament that could suggest we were going to beat the 2nd seed.
I was insisting a lot that the path of mediocrity we've chosen last year was terrible, and a lot of people was answering that I was unable to see the long term plan, and that 2021 was our key season. That was the easy answer to justify everything...
Now it's probably more evident that a rebuild is necessary, but it's also too late, without the bad decisions of last summer there was no need of a rebuild either, just not sign so many absurd long term contracts... now even if we trade them, we have to take something back, and that's something will not be a good asset, and will still count against the cap.
We're actually in the worst possible situation, mediocre team with no cap space at all and no room for movement, especially considering how conservative has been the management. Unfortunately and sadly enough, we could start to make a point that we were on a better situation when Henningan was fired, and that's really terrible.