04-26-2009, 08:06 PM
Meh. The whole "counting on Wood & Prior" thing is overrated. The earliest a reasonable argument can be made that we did but shouldn't was 2005, given their injury-riddled 2004 seasons. But, 2004 was the first time Prior had been injured, so I don't think you can make a strong argument that we shouldn't have counted on them going into 2005.
We shouldn't have counted on them in 2006, but 2 better pitchers wouldn't have come close to making that team a contender.
By 2007, Wood was a reliever & nobody was counting on Prior. So I think the only season for which Hendry can be faulted for relying upon them was 2006 and it didn't make a difference.
We shouldn't have counted on them in 2006, but 2 better pitchers wouldn't have come close to making that team a contender.
By 2007, Wood was a reliever & nobody was counting on Prior. So I think the only season for which Hendry can be faulted for relying upon them was 2006 and it didn't make a difference.
This is not some silly theory that's unsupported and deserves being mocked by photos of Xena. ![[Image: ITgoyeg.png]](http://i.imgur.com/ITgoyeg.png)