Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[KillerLeft]

Mostly. I guess I took it as you were tired of me and/or others suggesting that Gafford could be worth a first round pick, and if/when they don't receive that value at a particular deadline you don't want me/others to continue with that line of thinking? Maybe I misread what your point was there.

If I am "tired of" anything, that (to me, at least) is not remotely close to the same as suggesting others shouldn't have or are not entitled to their own opinions. 

You made the point that "what we think doesn't matter." That's true, but what I think is even more true is that what we want doesn't matter. I have been part of this community for over 20 years at this point, and I believe some of us have had the same arguments (with people flipping sides all the time) for about that entire time. I think we all have different levels of resistance built up against the annoyance that comes from disagreement, but at the end of the day the disagreement is probably the main thing that brings us all back, when you think about it. 

I personally feel like I'm one of the thicker-skinned people around, so maybe I'm desensitized to how my words affect others, but I promise I try to separate the subject matter and opinions from how I treat people, which is basically the only rule we have here. There are obviously some who don't, even among our better, smarter contributors, but 99.9% of those still around "get it." 

Still, tone is a difficult thing to convey through text, and I'm reminded of that around here constantly. If it helps, MY approach is to quote and respond to people I RESPECT and WANT to engage with, whether it's to disagree or just to further the conversation (which is what I was doing in the post you quoted). I'd add that my agreement/disagreement with what they think has very little impact on my level of respect for their contributions. When I wrote that, I wasn't even thinking about whether or not YOU, specifically had even pulled the "wait until next transaction window" line...it wasn't about criticizing anyone who's said/thought that. I simply think there comes a point when a player is so overtly out of place that this strategy stops being viable, so I said as much. That's it. It should go without saying that many elements of that statement are my opinion...well, because I was the one who wrote it.