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Originally Posted by flameswin
Really not a fan of the wording of the poll questions at all. They left out a key answer that may have swayed some voters. There's no option saying it was a bad move and ultimately Feasters fault, but no I don't think he should be fired over it.
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Agree. I voted "C," even though it's not entirely representational of how I feel. Which is that he should not be fired. I just think so for different reasons.
Namely, because I think if COL had not matched, and this issue had gone into litigation, we might've had a shot at getting O'Reilly in the lineup this season. The wording in the MOU states "a team's reserve list," and O'Reilly was on "a team's" list. Colorado's.
If the spirit of the amended clause was to allow teams to bring players over from Europe during the season without penalty (avoiding a Nabokov situation), and that's what I believe, then it's far from black and white.
So there's that. Additionally, if we can believe that the 29 other GMs, the league office, and the agent in question were all not aware of the complexity of the situation, I'm letting Feaster slide just a little because he had the balls to go out and be aggressive and make this move. If ownership is pressuring against a full rebuild (and I think they absolutely are), then this was an aggressive and strategic move (in the sense that the contract was intended to be very difficult for COL to match) that I want my team's GM to pull the trigger on.
Gonna be an interesting Hot Stove tonight, like someone above me just mentioned. Friedman is pretty connected and I'll be eager to hear if there's any more insight into what might have been.