Demi wrote:
How is it playing both sides? It was clear for quite some time he should have been traded, and wasn't, and people beat the drum he was untradeable, wasn't injury prone, some amazing weapon, etc.
He finally forces a trade, and the GM is a genius for giving him it.
How can you not give credit to a GM for trading away a WR with injury issues, off the field issues and no 1000 yard receiving seasons who as you have said was forcing his way off the team for a 1st, 3rd and 7th round pick? Spielman deserves credit for getting enormous value in that situation, which is only emphasized by the fact that barely a year after the trade, the Seahawks got far less value for Harvin.
It amazes me the lengths people will go to deny Spielman any praise, no matter the situation. Good draft picks/trades/signings/etc. are always chalked up to "obvious decisions that he deserves no credit for". Of course, any and every move he makes that does not work, no matter how minor, must be placed on his shoulders, and be brought up and continuously repeated. But how dare anyone give him any credit for something positive, he is incapable of ever making a good decision unless it's so obvious that anyone in the whole world would do it. (Case in point, Matt Kalil. Rookie season - "Spielman deserves no credit, that was an obvious pick anyone would have made." 3rd season - "Spielman sucks at drafting, look at Kalil"