Please show me how i misrepresented what he was saying. He made the blanket statement that everything argued on these forums that supported Benning had been debunked. The meaning or argument was not changed at all by me leaving out a section of the quote. Please show me otherwise.
It is quite interesting that the first point of your post is clearly wrong, but regardless you use it as a jumping off point to justify further claims. It summarizes the arguments made by many here quite nicely.
It pretty damn obvious that Benning has made some huge errors. Everyone can point to evaluation (lack of) professional talent. But, if he takes credit for those mistakes, he then surely takes credit for the drafting. Nope, not according to many here.
You referenced the post you quoted as having a suggestion to flat earthers, didn't see it in there. He's actually talking to somebody other than you in the flat earther thing, but interesting you felt like he was adressing you in a post conversing with Pastor of Muppetz.
Why did you leave a section of Y2k's quote out?
First quote wasn't wrong, the post you quoted said that was the post that illustrated that those who disagree are flat earthers....that post didn't illustrate that.
He can have credit for drafting all he wants. I have a different opinion than most when it comes to GM's and drafting, but sure, if we want to give him credit for the drafting, he gets a failing grade in every other aspect of the job. The aspect of the job that is dependent on a staff more than anything else is scouting/drafting. I've learned over the years that overvaluing a GM based on drafting is a mistake, it shouldn't be the basis of measuring that persons ability in the position.
If the General Manager wears the credit/blame for the draft....why is that I've had to read on a multitude of online platforms for 5+ years now, that this current GM doesn't have to wear any blame for the teams record over his tenure? And if you try and tell me he has, why is there always a "but gillis", "but linden", "but ownership", "but the sedins".