11-25-2009, 02:55 PM
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Which is why, for the hundredth time, I'm not arguing that. You are more than welcome to say it was a bad decision. You are not more than welcome to say that it was a bad decision BECAUSE his only other offer was for 2 years, 13 million dollars. Because you have no idea what the other offers were.
I don't know how else to explain this. It's no different than saying it's unfair to rip Hendry for a trade he didn't make, because we have no idea as to whether or not that trade was actually offered to him.
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Can we not safely assume that there weren't a line of GMs, all clamoring to give Bradley a multi-year contract? His fragile nature, combined with his not-so-pleasant personality, combined with the drama that always seems to surround him, etc. Everyone knows (not just GMs) that he was a major risk. Why sign a guy like that for 3 years? How many GMs were going to be willing to do this?
It isn't rocket science -- it's common sense.
Which is why, for the hundredth time, I'm not arguing that. You are more than welcome to say it was a bad decision. You are not more than welcome to say that it was a bad decision BECAUSE his only other offer was for 2 years, 13 million dollars. Because you have no idea what the other offers were.
I don't know how else to explain this. It's no different than saying it's unfair to rip Hendry for a trade he didn't make, because we have no idea as to whether or not that trade was actually offered to him.
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Can we not safely assume that there weren't a line of GMs, all clamoring to give Bradley a multi-year contract? His fragile nature, combined with his not-so-pleasant personality, combined with the drama that always seems to surround him, etc. Everyone knows (not just GMs) that he was a major risk. Why sign a guy like that for 3 years? How many GMs were going to be willing to do this?
It isn't rocket science -- it's common sense.