I think people were spoiled by last year. If every season you want Doug (or whomever the GM is) to make a move to counter someone else, we are going to have a few decent years like last year (with no guarantee or a WS or even close) and then be really bad for a really long time when we've traded away anyone promising in the minors. Now if you can trade some expendable guys, that's fine, but you probably aren't getting anyone in return who's going to help much. Or you could go in the opposite direction like the guys on NSBB who are posting gems like this: "I hope they throw batteries at him from the bleachers."