10-30-2019, 07:19 PM
(10-30-2019, 06:31 PM)Trademark Wrote: Really not a fan of Taylor
Directing your anger at wrong person imho. The timing and handling of this is more a reflection on Mike than Taylor.
It's no coincidence this happened the day of the deadline, after tons of backlash (from fans and media) for lack of activity. It's a diversionary tactic to try and shift the attention from something negative to something new and shiny.
Taylor probably just wants to start building for next year, and wouldn't be surprised if he was in favor of this weeks ago and/or if it was discussed and planned well in advance. Mike is the one most likely pulling the strings behind the last minute notice relative to the trade deadline.
They could have announced this Monday or, at the very least privately informed Andy. But they didn't want to that because it would have brought up more trade talks. They selfishly held out to avoid that.
Taylor is just the mouthpiece for the FO, basically a puppet. I don't buy for one second that some of these quotes we've heard("Why would we trade that guy? ") are truly the thoughts of young guy who knows whats ahead of him. He's just parroting what they're telling him to.
I almost feel bad for the guy. He clearly has no real power in this roster construction. No guys walks into their first year wanting to do what they did in FA. He doesn't want Cordy Glenn around this team. And I reallllllllyyyyy doubt he chose to announce this move when they did.
