When people are spouting crap like "hopefully Branyan gets hurt in the off-season", then it's time. And just because someone states "There is 0% chance that Russel Branyan will be back next year" doesn't make it true. The only guys that KNOW that are Doug Melvin, and Russ Branyan, and heck, they might not even know. I find it rather insulting and derogatory when people state this kind of stuff like they * know*, and everyone else is wrong. Heck, why don't I just start saying "There is NO chance Ohka will be with the team next year" and then bash everyone who disagrees. I might be wrong, but that doesn't stop me from bullishly slogging ahead. I can clearly see why the thread was locked, and rightly so, IMO.