08-07-2021, 01:53 PM
(08-07-2021, 01:24 PM)loki Wrote: IMO it's a little different now that we have better information on what was actually possible. There was a huge amount of discussion on players that realistically had a 0% chance of landing in Dallas. How much would we have talked about John Collins if we had known Atlanta was going to offer $125M?Sure the big discussion was on those targets as rumors came around, but in between, especially if you paid attention to Dan’s posts, there were all kinds of thoughts and options that were possible.
Now we know the price tag of most free agents, the players that were actually available in a trade, the going rate for draft picks, etc. It's much easier to evaluate the performance of the front office when you know what their options were.
The thing that this discussion brings about is the boo birds come out after every deal/signing someone posts to poo poo it saying we would never have been able to get that guy for reasons. It happens every year.
Omahen has it right thoughts to this point since the question has been raised at this point in the offseason with what we’ve done so far. I wouldn’t be as harsh as he has been on the FO for doing what they have with what the previous FO left them with, but in general he makes a good point that I gravitate towards (to this point).