East Coast Bias
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This isn't about one man, it's about three. Sather, Gorton, and AV. They all want him in the lineup.
12 forwards, and 1 of the 12 happens to not have much skill, but adds an element of grit (sandpaper) whatever you want to call it, to the lineup.
I don't have the ability to ask them why they prefer that, but others have and the answers are all the same. They want that element in the lineup.
Some agree with it, and some don't.
Unless you have very inside information, you do not know this (all 3 in agreement). And if you don't, you're making very presumptuous statements about how things are and calling people idiots for not going along with it.
There's no doubt the NYR have tried to make "toughness" a part of their DNA every single offseason for years. From Brashear to Newbury to Pyatt to Asham. It has been an abject failure. And the beat goes on.