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Originally Posted by calgARI
But the issue as was made public wasn't that Iginla ultimately had the choice. Feaster directly insinuated that he had the deal worked out and Iginla balked specifically because he had not gotten the team approved ahead of time. No matter how much they respect him, Iginla would surely understand the desire of a team to get the team he would be traded to in advance not after deals had been negotiated. Feaster acknowledged he should have gotten it agreed to ahead of time; he did not say they let him choose out of respect. It was a mistake and a stupid one at that.
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There is a lot of editorialising taking place in this re-presentation of information that was made public. In all the reports that I have seen about the issue, there are plenty of gaps, and AMPLE room for interpretation. I'm not absolving Feaster of his responsibility here, I'm merely pointing out that there was ALOT more going on than we know that certainly affected his handling of the trade; some of which cannot simply be dismissed as the product of incompetence.
Of course, I don't expect you to be able to see that clearly, given that you have had your opinion made up for a long time now, and don't seem to be capable of looking past your entrenched opinion to consider other alternative explanations.