The only problem with that 2-4 season period is that Boston has the most toxic sports coverage in the country, coverage that reaches a lot of people who want an Oompa Loompa NOW and do not want to hear it might take time when the team's biggest rival somehow makes the postseason every year (with poor results, obviously), as do the Rays. These people are loud and buy tickets.
Also, ownership has never really shown a willingness to come right out and say they're rebuilding. The last time they flirted with that idea, the infamous "Bridge Year," they were murdered in the press and lost face in the public eye. They won't do that again, not any time soon. In all likelihood, as others have speculated, the possibility, however remote at the time of the deadline, that the team could still make the playoffs this year is what prevented Bloom from doing a more wholesale turnover of the roster, either by edict or because of a belief that they'd right the ship once healthy. For all we know, that was his plan, but he was handcuffed by the fact that they managed to hold steady in the race, despite a terrible July, due to their competition mostly refusing to take advantage of their stumbles.
I think his job is safe for now, but this off-season may be a bit of a crucible for him.
