04-28-2025, 12:46 PMWally Wrote: Why do you keep going on this @Waters

It’s been two weeks and you continue to run with the script that only benefits your narrative.

Maybe try internalizing your own actions as to why HO even had a reason to consider other options.  God forbid someone mention you have done anything wrong… I mean, fuck… between baiting and shit posting relentlessly there couldn’t bet be a reason there??

Oh that’s right… You thought you needed to be the knight to protect Eddie a couple weeks ago.  You thought protecting Eddie meant you could threaten to put me in a grave if I went public about any thing, referencing you being the only one with empathy in the scenario.  Dude you couldn’t be more wrong in your assessment at the moment.

Each one of us deal with life circumstances, good and bad, on a daily basis.  Did you ever think to ask before trying to use Eddie’s parents as part of your argument of his decisions? Did you know that Eddie regretted the decisions he made in negotiating that trade?  You ever think why?

Eddie knew that I was both negotiating not just for a good friend, but with a good friend.  So however people want to spin it, the reason he came to me was knowing he had my trust and trust in Corey.  While looking back, yup it would have been nice to know what wasn’t disclosed.  That’s on me and clearly learned a lesson that I can’t trust any competing GMs even if they are friends. 

In mediation, I couldn’t ask for anything of it because you guys negotiated in a way that didn’t break any rules and that was by your choice... These were my words.  Which is totally alright.  However, think about it from my perspective if you care to understand at all… I had a friend that I had stood up for since day one when he got the GM job (Eddie) negotiating with me for a friend (Corey) that he knew I also enjoyed immensely. Corey was the one who brought me back to life in S54 and I owe much of the way I care about this community to him, unlike how I acted in the early S30s.

Who wouldn’t be pissed off though?  We loved Saint as well, so we felt if we were giving up someone we enjoyed (and trusted he was going to a GM that would as much as us), we would be getting an equal opportunity back that would fit our future cap spending a bit better.  Learning of the scenario after the fact and that it was already known prior to negotiating, from the beginning it was a win-win for Minnesota.

All I simply wanted was an apology from a friend, Eddie… He admitted his own guilt in the transaction as to when he could’ve backed out on multiple occasions and I came to grips that I leaned far too much on my trust and didn’t put in my due diligence during mediation.

Meanwhile, I had you threatening me from saying anything public trying to avoid this hypothetical "grave" that you said I'd dig… yet you post “what the hell” in the trade thread further twisting that knife.

You were accusing me of lacking empathy and I was days removed from losing our second child in a row from a miscarriage.  I kept this news pretty close until you played that card.  I don’t care if this puts me in a grave… I really couldn’t care less.  How you treat people in both real life and here will come back. 

What I care about are people being put in positions of leadership in this league or any league for this matter, that have characteristics that evoke compassion, understanding and caring for the unknowns.  I do wish Minnesota the best and I know the Cord will do a phenomenal job and the entire roster will benefit from his positive approach in both the community and in the locker room.

So you agreed to a trade that was within the rules and you’re upset with someone else for it?