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17 hours ago, Frobby said:

As a public service, here's the poll thread on the Davis deal:  

16% said terrible

18% said worried

7% said mixed

39% liked it a lot but still were concerned 

20% said love it

 

 

 

I knew the reaction was mostly positive.... I didn't remember it being that positive. Conveniently, no one was in favor of it now.

 

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4 minutes ago, Babypowder said:

I knew the reaction was mostly positive.... I didn't remember it being that positive. Conveniently, no one was in favor of it now.

 

Probably mostly because no one knew he would be this bad.  Though Tony may have suspected. 

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Just now, weams said:

Probably mostly because no one knew he would be this bad.  Though Tony may have suspected. 

Though I somehow missed that poll. I can find other evidence that shows I hated the deal immediately. This was obviously a risk. We were giving a 7 year deal to a 30 year old who had 2 good seasons under his belt and was 1 year removed from a year resembling this one. He had old player skills that weren't likely to age well and he had already shown crazy variance in his youth... that wasn't likely to improve as he aged. 

There were some surprising names in favor of the deal, but the usual "negative" types I seem to align with often were against it as well.

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2 hours ago, Babypowder said:

Though I somehow missed that poll. I can find other evidence that shows I hated the deal immediately. This was obviously a risk. We were giving a 7 year deal to a 30 year old who had 2 good seasons under his belt and was 1 year removed from a year resembling this one. He had old player skills that weren't likely to age well and he had already shown crazy variance in his youth... that wasn't likely to improve as he aged. 

There were some surprising names in favor of the deal, but the usual "negative" types I seem to align with often were against it as well.

I was very much against that deal. I was mad because Angelos could have used the 161 million on the team and let CD walk away. Now the team will be paying for that silliness for the next 5 years. Maybe Manny could be resigned if it weren't for the CD contract. Anyway that's all water under the bridge. The CD horse has been beaten to death. 

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3 hours ago, Babypowder said:

Though I somehow missed that poll. I can find other evidence that shows I hated the deal immediately. This was obviously a risk. We were giving a 7 year deal to a 30 year old who had 2 good seasons under his belt and was 1 year removed from a year resembling this one. He had old player skills that weren't likely to age well and he had already shown crazy variance in his youth... that wasn't likely to improve as he aged. 

There were some surprising names in favor of the deal, but the usual "negative" types I seem to align with often were against it as well.

Chris bested everyone's expectations by beginning to suck right away. I suspect most people thought he'd have at least a couple of good seasons left in him.

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