The plan worked.
When President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein took over the reigns of the Chicago Cubs in 2011, talk of a complete overhaul started. He did it in Boston, and won multiple World Series with the Red Sox. He broke the “Curse of the Bambino,” and now the “Curse of the Goat” is abolished at this hands. Many people believed it would take seven years to contend for a championship. It took four contend. Five to win it all.
The “Cubs Way” was initiated. And it was not about the play on the field, but the organization as a whole.