As Todd McLellan told us multiple times at his introductory press conference, the players gave themselves permission to take the season off. I want to tell you, I think Rob Blake took the season off as well.
Or maybe not…
Ever since October 29th, I’ve touted Rob Blake as the Mad Scientist, concocting a spicy of mix of present and future, lurking in the weeds Machiavellian-style, while executing a plan that few could ever conceive to pull off, changing the Kings on the fly while only tanking one season on the route to the playoff dominance we all got used to from 2012-2014.