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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
I understand skepticism. Acting like he's awful I don't understand.
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Okay, i get that. And you’re totally right, I’m dialed into the football world far more than baseball but I have my guys in place.
But look at the comps: Carl traded a drunken, 2 strike player, who’s now a Hall of Famer candidate in Jared Allen and received an oft injured left tackle and a great but not difference maker in Jamaal Charles.
In the 7 years that followed, the Chiefs won a single playoff game, without the service of either player.
Meanwhile, the Royals traded a somewhat kooky Cy Young winner for a bevy of players (many of whom, the manager knew from his days in Milwaukee).
One GM was fortunate, one was not. If the outcomes had reversed, the KC metro area would have the largest stock of Bryl Cream in the USA.
It’s better to be lucky than good.