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Old 09-22-2023, 11:39 AM   #183
CliffFletcher
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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden View Post
If you want to bash BT, it would not be for how he handled young players and prospects.

It should be for
1 Signing players in decline to contracts that were too rich and too long
That’s just the nature of the UFA market. Almost every deal is too much money and takes players well into their 30s. Go back to those notorious UFA signings, look at who else was signed in that UFA market, and ask yourself who Treliving should have signed instead.

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2 trading away draft picks for mid tier players.
That’s a fair cop.

Both are symptoms of a team with a weak prospect pool impatiently trying to improve its depth positions around the core.
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If this day gets you riled up, you obviously aren't numb to the disappointment yet to be a real fan.
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