Quote from: DaveBrown74 on Today at 11:11:51 AMI do, and thank you for the recommendation. I will check them out this weekend.
Quote from: MightyGiants on Today at 12:39:40 PMThe Giants got a 2nd round pick for Leonard Williams. Do you honestly believe they couldn't get a 3rd or 4th for Barkley?
Quote from: Stringer Bell on Today at 11:41:00 AMI did. What does that have to do with a team's willingness to give up draft picks AND pay him?
Quote from: Stringer Bell on Today at 12:34:11 PMThat's not what you said, though, and that's not what I opined on. Your statement was that "there absolutely was a market for Barkley."In my opinion there absolutely was a market.
And your last post is a good example of why my opinion is that perspective is off base. There are a whole lot of "ifs" and "normally" and "I'm assuming" for it to be the basis of a definitive statement that Schoen failed.
It was never intended to be a personal attack. Simply an opinion.
Quote from: Stringer Bell on Today at 12:12:03 PMWhen did I ever suggest that I'm not an armchair GM like everyone else? Further, there's a big difference in having an opinion on whether a guy should have been signed or not or who the right starter should be vs. making definitive statements that the Giants failed in trading someone when there's no evidence to suggest that any team was willing to trade for him. 2 completely different things.
Quote from: Doc16LT56 on Today at 12:20:28 PMNo that's another incorrect assumption on your part. I won't speak for anyone else. My position is if Schoen called every GM of every contending team (excluding those with a healthy and premier RB) and no one wanted to give up a mid-round pick for Barkley, then Schoen did his job. However, if Schoen didn't do that then he failed to do the due diligence needed to create a market. Normally when you make calls to 12-18 GMs, there are numerous leaks that you're shopping the player. Since I didn't see reporting that that was the case, I'm assuming Schoen didn't do the work needed to create a market for a talented player.