February 03, 2021 03:00AM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 1,205
Status: All Pro
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If Jared was blindsided by this trade, then he is naïve. We have been discussing a possible, if improbable, trade of him for weeks in here and could see the handwriting on the wall. Him acting shocked and hurt at this time is further evidence of this.
Jared was raised in the home of a professional MLB player. His father Jerry was traded once and cut four times during his seven year career and played for three different teams over that time. It's business and simply part of professional sports. Nobody owes anyone a living and like anyone ever fired from a job (he wasn't fired and he's making millions) it is rarely a surprise. Turning it into a "divorce scenario" where one didn't tell the other who didn't know and was shocked is just BS. Somebody is always PO'd about it but we put on our big boy pants and move on without the need to share it publicly.
We sound like a bunch of friends of a divorcing couple, taking sides as to whose fault it is, how it could have been avoided, shocked that one of them accuses the other one of things we never expected without knowing the complete story. I'm a fan of the organization and right or wrong, I will always be to the day I die. But this ain't "family", I don't know any of them personally and however much I like or dislike a player, GM or coach based on other people's reporting and opinions is irrelevant to my fandom. Because frankly, this too shall pass.
Heck, I'm still PO'd about trading Roman Gabriel to the Eagles but I will eventually get over it. Maybe.
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