They have sold us on sustainability since the Theo days. We're still waiting on that pipeline to be built.
We're past the point of "a couple of bad seasons" when it's 4 of 5 seasons below .500 potentially. Sox haven't been this bad since before 1967!!! The dark days that everyone talked about pre-Impossible Dream are back.
They knew a tear down was coming. It should have happened completely and suddenly, not over the course of 4-5 seasons. Just rip the band-aid off.
The roster doesn't "suck" but it's not good enough to be a playoff team. It's good enough to be around .500. That's fine for the Marlins, not for the Red Sox.