12-18-2009, 04:39 PM
<!--quoteo(post=72268:date=Dec 18 2009, 02:26 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Dec 18 2009, 02:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=72258:date=Dec 18 2009, 02:21 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Dec 18 2009, 02:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I really admire the few Cubs fans left who can see the silver lining in everything. You guys are awesome.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Butch, I know what a rosy guy you are normally, so this must be pretty bad to have you looking at it negatively.
But for the record, there is an enormous difference between seeing a silver lining and seeing something realistically. It's not great we got Silva. We aren't better because we got Silva. <b>But we got back about what could be expected given the position Bradley put us in. </b>That's being realistic, not optimistic.
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Bradley fucked up -- there's no doubt. But OUR OWN GM put us in this position -- not Bradley. He painted himself into a corner with this fucking trade.
Butch, I know what a rosy guy you are normally, so this must be pretty bad to have you looking at it negatively.
But for the record, there is an enormous difference between seeing a silver lining and seeing something realistically. It's not great we got Silva. We aren't better because we got Silva. <b>But we got back about what could be expected given the position Bradley put us in. </b>That's being realistic, not optimistic.
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Bradley fucked up -- there's no doubt. But OUR OWN GM put us in this position -- not Bradley. He painted himself into a corner with this fucking trade.