Z to the Pen

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<!--quoteo(post=96972:date=May 19 2010, 10:32 AM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ May 19 2010, 10:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=96971:date=May 19 2010, 10:26 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ May 19 2010, 10:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->Show me where this was stated at the time he was moved to the pen.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Dude. It means fuck all that they're saying this NOW. It was NEVER the reason he was sent to the pen.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

WTF? Dude, what are you trying to argue? How do you know it was NEVER the reason he was sent to the pen? Why does the timing of the statement matter?

Their reasoning doesn't seem to by CYA after the fact. It seems at least plausible. It sheds some light on why they chose Zambrano instead of Silva or Gorz. Both Lou and Hendry are saying the same thing.

You seem to be getting at something, but for the life of me I have no idea what it is.
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The timing of this explanation means everything. They gave one explanation for sending him to the pen when they did it and now that it's proven the predictable failure it was inevitably going to be, we get this revisionism. This new reason, that it was some new age form of rehab for Z's secret injury, means that suddenly, the move to the pen was never (stupid) strategy at all. It's blatant, ludicrous CYA and I can't believe it engenders more than a rueful snicker. It's bullshit.
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Wow. Your certainty is impressive.