In that case, what is the statute of limitations?
What is a reasonable time frame for a management that inherited a talented playoff team and has the resources of a huge market and one of the wealthiest owners to return them to the playoffs?
IMO, anything over 5 years is a fail. (I know they made the playoffs in the 1st year of shapeero, but it was all based on AA's work. Shaps did next to nothing to try to get a team that was so close to winning the AL to the next level, the WS. I feel that he squandered their position as a very talented team. He did not want to win with a team that was assembled by someone not named mark shapiro.
You can't have it both ways. You can't on one hand say, well 5 years is reasonable and anything less is a fail, and other say "well there first year they made the made the playoffs but that was under AA's regime". If your going to say they had nothing to do with the first year, then get a clean slate the next year.
Another thing, you keep talking about how there one of the wealthiest teams in baseball. You realize they have a budget right??? Do you know what that budget is? Because I don't.
Were you this critical of AA the first 4 years the Jays had done nothing before they made the playoffs? When finally he was at the tail end of his contract, pushed all the chips in and cleaned out the farm system so he would look good and get an extension.