QUOTE (L. Ron Paultard @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 07:10 PM)
Fathom,
To be fair, even before Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer, Jason McLoud, you cannot compare the Cubs and Sox.
Anymore than you could legitimately compare the White Sox to the Red Sox (during the latter franchise's 86-year WS drought, that is).
White Sox have possibly pro sports' worst fans, plus a few other impediments so they can never afford to truly REBUILD properly since another win-less decade might completely decimate the fanbase.
Whereas Boston and Cubs even losing 120 games a year for 10 years a row ... know that they will survive. So of course it's much easier to make big bets on raw young talent and rebuild the franchise groundup in a textbook way. Knowing full well that once they pay off, they will have a dynasty going.\\
For team that can't rebuild, we haven't made the playoffs since '08.