For the patience part all I ask as a fan is how it's said.
'We want to win now, we want to win the Stanley Cup and we are always looking at player additions/development for us to achieve that' versus 'We are in rebuild, doesn't happen overnight, it's very complicated you wouldn't understand be patient good things to come'.
I like the first approach much more, the mindset gets me jacked then then patronizing tone of the second approach that gives me no confidence.