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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
That said, looks to me like the folks that do most of the complaining about moves like this are simply trying back up some passionate opinions they had when Burke was hired about him being the wrong choice for a rebuild team. And now they are just like dogs with a bone fighting and scrapping with every last strength in their body to try and prove that Burke isn't committed to the rebuild and young players and try to spin every little irrelevant table scrap that falls to the ground into something it's not.
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That may be true for a few people, but I think most of the people who are complaining about these moves are the same ones who wondered what the hell Feaster was thinking when there were rumors that he was going to sign Raymond last off-season. It would have been a bad move then, and it was even worse this summer now that we have more guys knocking on the door. If anything, people are going easy on Treliving because he's still fairly popular overall.
Speaking for myself, I still like the idea of Treliving even though I can't honestly say I've liked a single move he's made (other than the no-brainer Bennett pick and the Wolf signing that was a done deal before Treliving took over). I'm still giving him time before I turn on him, but I don't like the idea of taking up roster spots with guys like Engellend, Bollig, Raymond and Setoguchi, who won't have to compete for their jobs.