11-25-2009, 04:20 PM
<!--quoteo(post=70164:date=Nov 25 2009, 02:06 PM:name=Coldneck)-->QUOTE (Coldneck @ Nov 25 2009, 02:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=70157:date=Nov 25 2009, 02:16 PM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Nov 25 2009, 02:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->just to be clear coldneck, you were against this move as it happened? Before the season?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If I recall, I was excited to have Bradley after his excellent 2008 season. I recall thinking that the contract was too much and too long though. I think I was also in favor of Adam Dunn being our FA outfield signing. Bradley is just a one of several players Hendry has overspent on.
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This isn't to single you out coldneck, just to show how we all seem to be dealing with a bit of Monday morning QBing when it comes to how "stupid" Hendry was. go back to this thread. Not only Does it show a link to a story describing how the Nationals were going after Bradley, but you said this (after it had been revealed we were probably giving Bradley 3/30):
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Is it because we haven't offered enough money and Bradley is waiting us out? Is it becauce we still need to move others to obtain him? Either way I just wish this would be finalized. I'm afraid we'll wait too long and he'll end up going elsewhere.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not only were you cool with the terms, you thought it might not be enough.
Again, we can find damning quote like these for all of us on this board (including me), and I'm not trying to say Bradley was a good signing. But if you read through that thread, if Hendry was a "moron" for wanting Bradley and not being able to read the obvious signs that he was a powderkeg, then most of us were morons as well. Almost all of the questions we had then were with his health, not his head.
the obvious difference is that Hendry is the only one paid to make these decisions, so the fact that most of us were wrong as well does NOT mean Hendry isn't responsible for this mess, but it does show that the eventual train wreck wasn't quite as obvious in January as it was in November.
If I recall, I was excited to have Bradley after his excellent 2008 season. I recall thinking that the contract was too much and too long though. I think I was also in favor of Adam Dunn being our FA outfield signing. Bradley is just a one of several players Hendry has overspent on.
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This isn't to single you out coldneck, just to show how we all seem to be dealing with a bit of Monday morning QBing when it comes to how "stupid" Hendry was. go back to this thread. Not only Does it show a link to a story describing how the Nationals were going after Bradley, but you said this (after it had been revealed we were probably giving Bradley 3/30):
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->So, why hasn't Bradley's signing been completed?
Is it because we haven't offered enough money and Bradley is waiting us out? Is it becauce we still need to move others to obtain him? Either way I just wish this would be finalized. I'm afraid we'll wait too long and he'll end up going elsewhere.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not only were you cool with the terms, you thought it might not be enough.
Again, we can find damning quote like these for all of us on this board (including me), and I'm not trying to say Bradley was a good signing. But if you read through that thread, if Hendry was a "moron" for wanting Bradley and not being able to read the obvious signs that he was a powderkeg, then most of us were morons as well. Almost all of the questions we had then were with his health, not his head.
the obvious difference is that Hendry is the only one paid to make these decisions, so the fact that most of us were wrong as well does NOT mean Hendry isn't responsible for this mess, but it does show that the eventual train wreck wasn't quite as obvious in January as it was in November.
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