since you might get some disagreement! I thought your post was a good one, a true attempt to get the pulse of the community and to seriously gauge the current state of UNM trades. I respect your opinion Mike (some of your rebuttals were right on the mark) but I fail to see how, up to now, any suggestions or valid criticisms have been received in a positive manner. It seems like every change has been shot down for one reason or another. I suppose some of us feel it was an exercise in futility based on the response to comments. While there may have been a few shots taken at you (not to be unexpected), there were also a few very good ideas in these posts but really no mention of them.

You definitely seem to favor UNM trades. But if you are basing those trade approvals on youth and potential and not on past performance and team need then perhaps that may play into some of the different offers you receive (opposing mindsets if you will).

Seems like we have the chicken and the egg argument going here with new owners. UNM teams are not being picked up because we have no new owners, we have no new owners because the product is flawed and there is no promotion, there is no promotion because we have limited funds, we have limited funds because we have no new owners. If that's the case, perhaps the emphasis and energy should be wholly placed in product improvement and UNM trades dropped (at least the for time being and especially since you say these teams have improved and are coming along).

In conclusion, I guess I don't really see the point in this exercise up to this point. Change my vote also to whatever it needs to be and lets move on to some more concrete things.