"So how do we end the story Bob?"
"Well, dunno about that Bubba, we have 'em bad Borgs that own a quarter of the galaxy, those nifty nodes that make them travel way faster than normal and all and a whole load of ships."
"Wait, It's easy! Just get Janaway from the future, she'll have nifty technologies that will take down the Borg!"
That's the way I see the dialogue between the writers for that episode. They should have gotten Kirk and ripped his shirt, we all know it was a better option.