Bradley traded??

[Ace]

<!--quoteo(post=82451:date=Mar 11 2010, 09:37 PM:name=ColoradoCub)-->QUOTE (ColoradoCub @ Mar 11 2010, 09:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=82406:date=Mar 11 2010, 06:10 PM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Mar 11 2010, 06:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=82405:date=Mar 11 2010, 08:07 PM:name=Fella)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Fella @ Mar 11 2010, 08:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I don't know, I don't think it really matters what he said I guess. He said what he needed to say to clear the air and still tried to save face. I didn't really get the vibe that he was insisting he traded him *only* for lack of production. More that his lack of production is what caused the negativity. I know that's not what the exact quote says, but I don't think the way he said it was a big deal.

I have been hard on Hendry the last couple of years, and to be honest, I don't know how he still has a job after EVERY move he made last season imploded, but I respect the way he has handled Bradley. He admitted his mistake and tired to fix it as best as he could after the mistake was made.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

But he DIDN'T admit his mistake, Fella. That's what really pisses me off. His mistake was signing a guy with OBVIOUS character problems, and then when those character problems were the REASON the guy didn't work out, he is forced to trade him.

The only "mistake" Hendry now admits to is signing a guy who "didn't produce." Hendry's mistake was far, far worse than that. Signing a guy who sucks is a mistake that EVERY GM makes every year. Signing Milton Bradley to a multi-year, big money deal? That's a mistake that only ONE GM has ever made.

Getting hot under the collar.... I apologize....
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I think you're kind of splitting hairs here. Of course Hendry made a mistake, he certainly acknowledged that by suspending Bradley and trading him, and I'm sure he's reminded of it every time Milton Bradley's name comes up, but it's not worth focusing on one little quote and making a bigger issue out of it.
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I'm probably bringing an unfair amount of my frustration with Hendry into it. But when the guy says the only problem with Bradley was his lack of production? It just pisses me off. I don't know why it makes me so mad - it just does.