The first two years were Bowden dressing up the franchise to be sold and then his rebuild project began. I do not know how long a rebuild should take but with the lack of any talent in the farm at that point i would say five years. Bowden's rebuild was aborted in 2009 when he was let go and Rizzo took over to start a five year process over again. This very well could be an endless cycle and the Nationals may never be a winning team.
Are you being sarcastic?
Another couple years of this mediocrity and we will be another Pirates/Orioles (if we aren't already).