Why is recruiting Carlisle a major error? He completes our spine for the next 8 years and has the potential to be a great KPD while allowing Goddard the tiem to develop as we transition away from Dempster and Fisher. Not getting him leaves us very exposed in defense in a few years as all we'd have is Delaney and a bunch of kids.
Overall, I think you are making a lot of (imo bad) assumptions and are over reacting based on those assumptions.
The Hawks weren't part of the picture once we got confirmation from Carlisle that he wanted to play for us and we got him on board with our 'fair' offer.
Carlisle was never worth 5 based on his football ability because he was out of contract. In the end we may have given up 5 but we got 14 back. 24 is irrelevant as we were only ever going to use 1 pick in the draft. As such, 5 and 24 for 14 and Carlisle is a VERY good deal.
Overall, I think you are making a lot of (imo bad) assumptions and are over reacting based on those assumptions.
The Hawks weren't part of the picture once we got confirmation from Carlisle that he wanted to play for us and we got him on board with our 'fair' offer.
Carlisle was never worth 5 based on his football ability because he was out of contract. In the end we may have given up 5 but we got 14 back. 24 is irrelevant as we were only ever going to use 1 pick in the draft. As such, 5 and 24 for 14 and Carlisle is a VERY good deal.
