Nothing marks the dawn of a new year quite like listing good and bad things from the previous year.
Maybe everyone just thinks too much about Santa Claus’ naughty or nice lists around December because the Internet devolved into a wasteland of “best” or “worst” of 2014 lists. Much like baseball’s first- and second-half splits, the calendar’s arbitrary endpoint sends everyone into reflection mode.
By the way, this is another one of those articles. Most moves don’t fall into either extreme, as there is always risk and reward to juggle with any decision. But it’s simple math that some teams will thrive while others falter due to the choices they made. Everyone can’t win at the same time.
Now that 2015 is underway, let’s look all the way back to the past two months to identify the offseasons’s major booms and busts.