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I think an owner should do what he wants with his team. Thats the reason why we have a trade council. If you don't get the guys you want you can always negotiate with the other owner. Just my two cents.
Quite frankly it pisses me off that I didn't even receive an answer to any of the messages I sent and that all the players I inquired about were traded away without any given consideration to what other teams were offering. Even by receiving a simple no I could have sent a different offer that might have been more appealing.
I can understand why this is frustrating and agree in general that as a courtesy he could have responded, and if it were my team I would have tried to listen to all potential buyers. However, the counter argument is that if your offer was better and/or the best offer made, you probably would have heard back...
Its way simpler than anything you stated Daniel. You dont have any specs that interest me. Your team doesnt have a farm. You have no player that is better than Goldschmidt or Perez
Sure Ben that could be the case, but I sent at least three messages: One inquiring, one making a direct offer and one asking him to make a counterproposal if my offer had not been good enough and considering the circumstances under which the GM switch happened it could also have been that he just didn't want to trade with me because he doesn't want the rival of his old team to compete... or it could even be that he had agreed to make the trade before making the team switch. I'm not saying it is so (and I don't think it is so), but it could be and the fact that that possibility exists alone leads to the proposed rule of not allowing a GM that switches teams to trade with his previous team for at least a month. I agree with Colby that there is a loophole, but that since it requires a third person it is at least a complication that helps to safeguard the league.
I guess there should be a rule or it should be allowed. Discouraging someone from trading for their players works just as much as discouraging managers from bombing teams in basic dynasty leagues to get a better draft position the following year.