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Old 02-10-2026, 04:44 PM   #506
Jay Random
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Originally Posted by wireframe View Post
My theory is that Button has always run a great scouting department. Every time a new GM comes in, Button shows the ranked list that they produced for each draft and the GM thinks "Wow! I wish we picked those guys. Our team would be so good. You can keep the job." Then, for some reason, they trade the draft picks for Brandon Bollig instead.
Then Conroy got in the GM's chair, and of course he's known Button for a long time. And he must have said something to the effect of, ‘We've got Picasso on our staff here. Let's give him some freaking paint!’
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