There I think you are a little confused -- Skinner had his best season in Milwaulkee. Started at center for them a few years back and put up decent numbers. They know and like him. He may not have been the centerpice, but he's a definite "+" to that deal happening. No Skinner, no deal I would bet.
As for Geoff -- it all goes in the tally. None of this Enron accounting we've got around here where only the good things count, and all the bad ones have excuse after excuse. Just one of those that don't look so hot anymore. Actually never really looked so hot, but I wasn't 100% anti the trade when it happened because of the theoretical potential of Monia. When that guy comes and can't play and then breaks his contract to take off for Europe a few months later, its a lost deal. Not sure to what degree Petrie could or should have been able to predict things, but as the GM he is pretty much the only one who had a chance. And if everytime someone plays unexpectedly well for us or shows a new attitude for us goes in Geoff's "+" column because obviously he's all knowing and all seeing, then when a guy doesn't live up to expectations or flakes on us that's the corresponding "-" column -- when you're omniscient responsibility cuts both ways.
