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Old 02-28-2009, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by painekiller View Post
I agree he was Kubiak's choice from what was out there, but it was Casserly who overpaid him. Just like Capers wanted Babin, but Casserly gave up the farm for him to a division rival in cap trouble.
Casserly had to pay the price to beat the rest of the FA market to get Kubiak his strongiside DE and he did what he had to do to trade-up and get the pick to get Capers & Fangio their perceived franchise 3-4 pass-rusher. Casserly was just doing his job.
On the other hand, I'll join you all day long in bashing Casserly for what he gave up to Oakland in the P-Burnt acquisition or the mindless exchange of a
second-round pick for Tony Hollings.