emunney wrote:I think maybe the biggest reason I'm not that upset about this is that the writing has been on the wall ever since he lost his starting job for the last time. At that point, my expectation became that we'd trade him for somebody I didn't like. We traded him for somebody I like, so I just can't get that worked up about the trade in and of itself. I had already made my peace with the fact that he probably wasn't in our plans. Also, between Sanders, Harris and Henson, Harris seemed to me to be clearly the 3rd best prospect. Obviously we could have kept all three, but in a relative sense, that's where I'd have put him in terms of his importance to the franchise's future.
I also think I was probably the only person who saw a creeping resemblance to Maggette in SL, but then again, Sanders looked like a poor man's Gadz in SL, so that's really neither here nor there.
The big picture stuff is what's most annoying: the fact that we didn't make any other moves that might have made us a real threat, that we're still a raft of lame ducks in choppy water, that we seem to be actively trying to be mediocre for as long as possible, etc. Trading a decent 20 year old prospect for a good 28 year old player is just the flare that illuminates the ocean of **** that is our franchise. But it's a perfectly good flare.
It is a testament to the sad state of affairs of this franchise when a loyal and very intelligent fan needs to jump through these mental hoops to be at peace with what the team does.
I'd much rather have traded Henson than Tobes if I had to choose, but I wouldn't have been dumb enough to actually put myself in a position to choose between those two unless I was getting back a legit All-Star caliber type player back in return.
I didn't think we'd trade Tobes. I figured we'd give him another offseason and let him compete for the starting spot next year. I was honestly shocked when I saw his name included in the trade.
