If you follow a lot of national media reporting on the New Orleans Saints, one phrase you’ve been hearing a lot this year is “win now mode.” The TV blurbs and write ups have been saying it ad nauseum. Win now mode. So, what exactly does that mean and is it true?
Win now mode is the opposite of rebuilding. If you’re looking for a definition. A rebuild is when a team gets rid of the majority of its star players, if it has any, and trades them off for draft capital to build a young team that, they hope, will pay dividends in the future.