Quote:He sure has been on a media campaign since the season ended painting a favorable picture (to him) of  why his season went the way it did.  I know it's difficult as a fan of a specific player or specific team not to always see things in in the best possible light when forming an opinion, but I'd urge a wait and see approach with Blake.  Let's see how he performs in the first few games of next season before we're ready to exonerate him entirely of this season's performance.  As is often quoted around here, "just because someone says something doesn't make it true."

I agree, but when what he's saying makes the pieces fall into place and things start making sense it's hard not to be in favor of him, especially considering what we know he can do (2015) and who came in and threw it all out of whack (Olsen). No pun intended. But yeah, if he's not progressed by a few games in next season then he's got to go.

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