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but there is a difference between 'solid trading' and whoring GM's for the benefit of your team so you have this 10 hall of famer squad to begin with
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well.. none of the trades were rape jobs - we have a panel that takes a look at trades that are obviously one-sided... if an owner complains, the trade is reviewed.. so, none of the trades were "whoring".... but a lot of them do involve trading a ton of solid talent for one good player though....
Take the 1991 trade that brought Blackjack McDowell over... Chris Vandevisse is a damn good owner and very smart. I offered him a whack of draft picks - 5 or 6 2nd round picks i think, plus Irod and SP Kris Carpenter - very good deal for both of us. Chris took the deal as it gave him about 8 starters. I took Mcdowell because he is a topline player and the 2nds would never play for me..
Is this whoring?
No. I dont think so. The goal is to win a championship, something, alas, that I am damn unable to do with depressing regularity...
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120 wins a year is a bit much by anyones standards, league balance to the commish should be more of a concern than trying to pound the entire league for 20 extra wins on top of 100
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as I told Randall, I would agree if the 120+ wins team didnt choke year in and year out... if this team was spanking other teams in the playoffs every year, then it would be a concern.
In the GMC, the regular season is like the NHL regular season - its just stats. Make the playoffs and anything can happen, as evidenced by the fact that 8 teams have won titles over the 12 seasons of GMC play...