Originally Posted by
Scott Campbell
In my opinion the justification for that trade was a little weak. They thought they'd lose Rasul, and he was getting older. Well if they lost him after his contract expired, there would have been a compensatory pick. I'm not sure if Bufallo's 3rd rounder was that much better than a compensatory pick.
The timing looks pretty bad in retrospect - it looked like Brian was throwing in the towel on the season.
I think who they chose with the trade pick is irrelevant, and shouldn't be compared to Rasul. Two separate transactions.
I think Brian is really, really good at his job. But even the greats are lucky to bat .500 in this business.