11-24-2009, 08:20 AM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->You make a reasonable point that none of us are really "in the know" when it comes to the behind the scenes dealings of a GM. However, I think the fact that there are many examples of JH offering too much for too long that trumps the argument. Fact is, JH frequently gives to much and too many and it has hurt the team's financial flexibility.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm not sure what exact argument you are making here. Are you saying that Hendry has paid too much for free agents during his tenure? OK, I totally agree with that. However that is the nature of free agency. FA's are almost always paid too much. By every GM out there. Not just Hendry. Furthermore, when Hendry does NOT pay too much for a Free Agent, as was the case with Lilly, ARam, and ironically enough Marquis, he doesn't get any credit.
If you are arguing not that Hendry has made mistakes, but has signed free agents (regardless of how good or bad they are) to UNNECESSARILY large contracts, contracts that are bigger than they need to be because there is no competition, I will continue to tell you that you most likely have no clue what the competition was.
Those are 2 entirely separate arguments. In can be pretty well concluded that Bradley was a bad signing. It cannot in any way shape or form be concluded that it was an unnecessarily large contract due to a lack of other bidders, because we don't have any idea who the other bidders were, or what their offers consisted of.
I'm not sure what exact argument you are making here. Are you saying that Hendry has paid too much for free agents during his tenure? OK, I totally agree with that. However that is the nature of free agency. FA's are almost always paid too much. By every GM out there. Not just Hendry. Furthermore, when Hendry does NOT pay too much for a Free Agent, as was the case with Lilly, ARam, and ironically enough Marquis, he doesn't get any credit.
If you are arguing not that Hendry has made mistakes, but has signed free agents (regardless of how good or bad they are) to UNNECESSARILY large contracts, contracts that are bigger than they need to be because there is no competition, I will continue to tell you that you most likely have no clue what the competition was.
Those are 2 entirely separate arguments. In can be pretty well concluded that Bradley was a bad signing. It cannot in any way shape or form be concluded that it was an unnecessarily large contract due to a lack of other bidders, because we don't have any idea who the other bidders were, or what their offers consisted of.
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