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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I'll drop it because no one enjoys two people snipping at each other.
But to clarify I was objecting to these type of posts:
Originally Posted by GullFoss View Post
Tre's good moves: Tre is a wizard and a saint.
Tre's bad moves: One of Canada's most a astute businessmen and dealmaker is a meddling bonehead owner that forced Tre's hand.
And then you:
Yep, I find that to be the case around here too. Treliving must truly be a wizard, because he's managed to find a way to shield himself from all the blame and somehow shift it to everyone else but himself.
I think that's an unfair minimization and reflection of why people defend Tree. People have gone to great lengths to explain why they think he is a good GM. You can disagree, but suggesting that those of us that think he's a good GM have that type of simplified view, is a mis-representation.
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That’s not what I said at all. I agreed with the premise of his joke and followed it up with another. It was just a bit levity which obviously was not taken in good humor. But I did go out of my way to list fair criticisms and fair compliments of Brad.
There’s no blind hatred here. I’m pretty fair when it comes to evaluating his work. He works hard, he’s a tough negotiator and he’s a smart guy who understands where the game is going. But like I’ve said numerous times before, he fails to execute in the most important expect of being a general manager in my opinion, which is talent evaluation.
You can sign all the good contracts you want, but if you make one or two or three or more mistakes on the open market, all that previous good work can be undone.