The players they have aren't washed up, they are highly talented. The problem is that they all want to be THE STAR, and they can't seem to find a coach that can get past all those egos, and just instill a solid work ethic and a good game plan. It is hard to get a bunch of highly talented players, with their own ideas about how the game should be played, to listen to one guy and buy into a single system. And they just keep adding new egos every year that want to play the game their way.
Also, once you get past the stars, it all goes down hill from there. They have absolutely no roleplayers, besides maybe Barnaby, that just work their asses off for you every night. Its the Kris Drapers, the Todd Whites, and the Steve Konowalchuks of the league that get teams through the rough times.
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