Where's the trust?
Posted by Mike Robins on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Gentlemen, I've thought long and hard about this topic and I want what you are about to read to stick with you for as long as you are a member of the NSHP.
In all my years as a manager I have been able to make trades with anyone, anytime, anywhere and with relative ease. I can say that I have made great trades and I have made bad trades. Regardless of the outcome of a deal, the process is always entertaining. I enjoy trading. Its an aspect of the pool that I truely enjoy and I will never stop wheelin' and dealin'.
I consider myself a straight shooter when it comes to making an offer. I will always review the team of the manager that I am going to make an offer to. I look for what I think they might need and formulate a trade from that. I find that sometimes the deal is taken but mostly turned down. I think that most managers think that if a manager is offering up a player then that player must not be good or he wouldn't offer him up. And some of that is true otherwise why trade him. Well, generally when I make an offer I target the best player available and then form the offer in a way that compensates the manager. I don't ever try to "rape" a manager of his players. Those days are gone thanks to the information we are all privy to. All of the managers are well educated and more trade savvy than ever.
I just made a trade with Alfred for James van Riesmdyk and it left me in a position where I had to move a main team forward via trade or waive. So I attempted to deal one of two players. Phoenix forward Radim Vrbata and Florida winger Tomas Fleischmann. Vrbata is coming off a career high 35 goal season and Fleischmann potted a respectable 27. Vrbata is a young 31 years old and Tomas is 28.
If owned by any other manager in the league I feel they could start on anyones team. However, trying to trade them proved to be a task.
I can kind of understand why a manager would hesitate to make a deal for these guys. But what confuses me is that I had offers for them last season that I turned down. I explained the reasons why I needed to trade away the players but I don't think anyone believed me. I had to make room for JVR. I even offered up Dustin Brown. Not that Brown is a 50 goal man or anything but could surely start on anyones team. I just want you all to know that when I come calling to make a trade, I'm not planning to pull one over on you. I trade in good faith. I trade fairly and honestly. I was able to trade Vrbata to Omar for a 2nd rnd pick which in my eyes was way too cheap a price to pay for him. But there were no takers. It felt like there was no trust. Like I was trying to screw you over. I hope that the next time I make you an offer you will have a bit more trust in me that I wont fuck you over. Look at the deal I made with Alf. Grossly overpaid. Maybe even lost the deal but if JVR turns out to be a 40 goal man I think that Alf was more than compensated for his lose.
Just remember that I'm not just in it for the money.
In all my years as a manager I have been able to make trades with anyone, anytime, anywhere and with relative ease. I can say that I have made great trades and I have made bad trades. Regardless of the outcome of a deal, the process is always entertaining. I enjoy trading. Its an aspect of the pool that I truely enjoy and I will never stop wheelin' and dealin'.
I consider myself a straight shooter when it comes to making an offer. I will always review the team of the manager that I am going to make an offer to. I look for what I think they might need and formulate a trade from that. I find that sometimes the deal is taken but mostly turned down. I think that most managers think that if a manager is offering up a player then that player must not be good or he wouldn't offer him up. And some of that is true otherwise why trade him. Well, generally when I make an offer I target the best player available and then form the offer in a way that compensates the manager. I don't ever try to "rape" a manager of his players. Those days are gone thanks to the information we are all privy to. All of the managers are well educated and more trade savvy than ever.
I just made a trade with Alfred for James van Riesmdyk and it left me in a position where I had to move a main team forward via trade or waive. So I attempted to deal one of two players. Phoenix forward Radim Vrbata and Florida winger Tomas Fleischmann. Vrbata is coming off a career high 35 goal season and Fleischmann potted a respectable 27. Vrbata is a young 31 years old and Tomas is 28.
If owned by any other manager in the league I feel they could start on anyones team. However, trying to trade them proved to be a task.
I can kind of understand why a manager would hesitate to make a deal for these guys. But what confuses me is that I had offers for them last season that I turned down. I explained the reasons why I needed to trade away the players but I don't think anyone believed me. I had to make room for JVR. I even offered up Dustin Brown. Not that Brown is a 50 goal man or anything but could surely start on anyones team. I just want you all to know that when I come calling to make a trade, I'm not planning to pull one over on you. I trade in good faith. I trade fairly and honestly. I was able to trade Vrbata to Omar for a 2nd rnd pick which in my eyes was way too cheap a price to pay for him. But there were no takers. It felt like there was no trust. Like I was trying to screw you over. I hope that the next time I make you an offer you will have a bit more trust in me that I wont fuck you over. Look at the deal I made with Alf. Grossly overpaid. Maybe even lost the deal but if JVR turns out to be a 40 goal man I think that Alf was more than compensated for his lose.
Just remember that I'm not just in it for the money.