This is the Rays analytics argument for years. Do you judge a front office on playoff success or winning and profit? We know what the fans will say, but explain to me what building playoff successful team looks like? Is there a formula you can copy from the Astros? Braves? Dodgers? It's about building talent, in season talent is the same talent as playoff talent, it is about timing. What is blatantly obvious to me is that this team is not playing up to it's talent level. So whether it is fixing the coaching staff, fixing the programs, fixing a disconnect, something does need to change. Of course a well timed run also buries these issues for a while