xTitan wrote:I agree with the trading of Redd, but we all know that things have not changed that much within the organization, Hammond does not have complete power....I am wondering how much the senator would object to trading Redd in the first place, then on top of that trading him for nothing but bad contracts in return. It may make a lot of sense, just not sure that was an option Hammond was allowed to do.
Oh no you didn't!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, you are so right! All of us are wasting so much time on this thread. The one constant that has consistently rendered this franchise irrelevant during the Kohl era is the team's apparent bias in favor of its own players and its willingness to convince themselves that some mediocre free agent they have an opportunity to sign is going to turn the franchise around. It is not, as many people say, bad drafting (I don't count whiffing on picks in the 7-15 range as being all that debilitating) or the refusal to spend or bad coaching or bad gm's. It is because guys like Big Dog, Caffey, Cheeseburger, Simmons, Thomas, Redd, Mo, Bogut, Gadz, and (probably) CV come to Milwaukee and get paid a lot more than they're worth, eventually destroying their team's payroll while simultaneously being just good enough to prevent the team from drafting high until they get the franchise player they so desperately need. Because Kohl is known to favor many of his own players and because so many coaches and gm's have come and gone while this trend has remained the same, it can likely be attributed to him.
Heck, Hammond even said he wanted to build around the 25-and-under core when he got here. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Kohl later told him not to give Redd away.
Oh, BTW we have to keep in mind that Hammond is talking to the typical fan with almost no knowledge of the CBA and so on. He's just pulling the wool over their eyes to buy himself some time.
Wut we've got here is... faaailure... to communakate.
