Increasing intensity........THAT is a manager problem, not a player/quality issue.
The manager is FAILING. It's the GM's job to realize that the manager is failing the players.
Every player is regressing under Vanney. EVERY player has gotten worse since the '24 championship "outlier" season for Vanney.
Just like in Toronto, and the same with the G's. Vanney has an outlier season (due to a massive quality roster).....after that it's "regression to the mean".
Where the G's have been with Vanney before '24 and after '24 is who he really is.
How Kuntz can't figure this out is mind-numbing......and Kuntz didn't hire him!
If AEG is telling Kuntz to keep him (due to Kuntz signing him to the most expensive manager contract in the league) then this club is truly a trainwreck.