the drumbeat just gets tiring. getting ribeiro was stupid and not keeping him equally as stupid. choosing not to get him would have been criticized as happens often here as not having any interest or boldness to do the things required to win.
McPhee is a bad general manager now matter what happens. he wont make bold trades because he doesn't have the balls to make a move. he does make moves and he is roundly ripped for doing it. when he does something that just cant be criticized, the player involved gets ripped for agreeing to it.
ive said this before. if McPhee resigned his job, somebody here would complain that he was a coward for choosing resignation when suicide was the honorable option.
Not this guy. I'd be happy as possible!
And Tex...yuo're not getting it. George has no follow through, and does not have a PLAN. He changes his MO to winning each and every year, seemingly based on the previous years Cup winner. Its laughable, and obvious. Ted just doesnt give a crap.
The Ribeiro trade (and the Hannan trade, the Arnott trade, the Huet trade, the Hamrlik signing, the Cooke trade, the Belanger trade, etc etc etc) are all the same. He tries it, doesnt like it, and moves away from it. He doesn't follow through.
The premise is that if you value the player, and you think tehy are a piece to the puzzle, why oh why (ROUTINELY) does he get them for a cup of coffee and then let them walk?
Its mind boggling!