How is this kind of thinking so wide spread among sports fans? Nobody actually operates or makes decisions like this. Can you imagine this playing out at your job? "We checked up on Greg, the other guy that was considered for your position three years ago and well.... we can confidently say you're a failure now. It doesn't really matter what you do from this point on, you'll just always be compared to Greg."

Imagine if the Saints actually thought that way. "We have a guy we really like this year, but what if we miss out on someone slightly better 3 years from now? That's too risky." Fans have the luxury of evaluating things in terms of 3, 4, 5 years because they aren't going anywhere. A coach might have 2 or 3 years tops to win or lose his job. What good is a draft pick 3 years from now if he's not even here.

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Posted by St Augustine

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Posted on 8/21/23 at 10:23 am to illuminatic

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How is this kind of thinking so wide spread among sports fans? Nobody actually operates or makes decisions like this. Can you imagine this playing out at your job? "We checked up on Greg, the other guy that was considered for your position three years ago and well.... we can confidently say you're a failure now. It doesn't really matter what you do from this point on, you'll just always be compared to Greg." Imagine if the Saints actually thought that way. "We have a guy we really like this year, but what if we miss out on someone slightly better 3 years from now? That's too risky." Fans have the luxury of evaluating things in terms of 3, 4, 5 years because they aren't going anywhere. A coach might have 2 or 3 years tops to win or lose his job. What good is a draft pick 3 years from now if he's not even here.

That’s all great but he’s asking who “won” the trade on a message board for shits and giggles. Nobody is saying they did a poor job.

Also you answered your original question in your own post