so many posts just to boil down the simple truth about Atkins - he's built a very solid foundation, made some small adjustments to that, and now needs to do the hard part; taking a perennial 90+ win playoff team to the next level. That's way harder to do than the first part, costs more money, involves more risk and only results in small incremental improvements.
90% of his job has been done and done very well. The last 10% is what separates a good GM from a great one - and even then doesnt guarantee a WS