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Again, for everyone in this thread who was so sure that the FO had nothing to do with Bassitt clarifying his comments, it sure seems like the FO followed up with Bassitt because his comments made them look bad:
BNS' words below sure sound like they are coming from Bassitt's bosses themselves if you were to just read this and I didn't say it was BNS saying it:
This entire paragraph below just reeks of shilling from Arden. Only 12 people know the full extent of what happened in the offseason so no one outside those 12 people can criticize the offseason? This is textbook "cover my ass mode" by the way, whoever that person was who said they were one of the 12. Can't defend yourself with the results, so start spewing hypotheticals and what-ifs. But the fact that Arden said he agreed with this person is even more concerning, and again just reeks of shilling:
Luckily BNS briefly sees reason here and strongly disagrees with Arden's BS argument. Although it's hilariously out of touch with the fanbase for BNS to claim that fans were optimistic about the team before the season:
Another instance of BNS' words sounding like they are coming from Bassitt's bosses themselves, but he at least admits that Shapiro, Atkins and John Schneider need to have thicker skin:
And now my favourite part...what was this extremely specific unprompted denial from Arden here LOL?
Arden also exposes himself here as an Atkins defender by calling Atkins a protagonist in the context of fans wanting him fired being a dominant storyline of the season. Let's all be real, Atkins is definitely an antagonist. Really hard to take Arden's defense of the offseason seriously after hearing this part:
