I actually agree with a lot of this, but let's not kid ourselves. Shatkins knew that any success this team had was going to be in the short term only and every move they have made, whether or not they have worked out, was predicated on the chance of achieving something this season and perhaps the next. Happ and Estrada were signed for 2-3 years only, Barney and Storen 1 year, EE was offered a 2 year contract and so on.
Shatkins has recognized that this organization has been raped by AA's trades and the farm needs to be restocked and the team either dismantled or simply allowed to slip away quietly into the night in the off season. We also know that the free agent class of 2016 is utterly shite and there are no short term fixes to be had down the road. Thus Shatkins plan has to be the rebuild, although I agree he would have preferred like all of us to see the team achieve close to the level it did last year and I for one am still hopeful that it will.