Haha I will totally admit the Nero for me trade was a rip-off. But let me just say a few things in my defense before 50 more people want to weigh in and bash it! Here&#039;s the reality: even with me, DMR would have still gone winless. I was on the verge of quitting (and in hindsight, had I known things would be the way they are now I would have toughed it out) and wanted one chance to be on a contender. I can say, in the very least, the trade restored some balance to the IDC. SUC literally ran through every team in the IDC that season and had that trade not happened, they would have walked into the masterbowl with no problems. Ask yourself this: did the trade not make for an intriguing IDC Conference Finals as well as an interesting MB match-up (at the time, it seemed to be but results sadly proved otherwise). Honestly, even if SUC won the IDC, they would have been housed by BSK the same way we were. If you don&#039;t believe me then look no further than this last season where a MUCH better SUC team made it to the MB against a BSK team that wasn&#039;t as good and still lost 12-4 overall in flag counts. It also gave Goatface the #1 overall pick that was so desired by a lot of people last season given the depth of the draft. It worked out for the best as Goat got a much better overall team with it. <br /><br />Now, that being said, I&#039;m not trying to say the trade was smart or by any means fair - it wasn&#039;t. All I am pointing at is that it restored some balance to the IDC and made for more compelling play-off match-ups which wouldn&#039;t have been the case had the trade not happened. And until this day, I still appreciate what Goat did but if any of you think him holding onto me would have made a difference for DMR&#039;s season, you&#039;re just moronic. Now, I know people will be totally pissed about this post and rage about how trades like that aren&#039;t good for the IDL and how I&#039;m stupid blah blah blah. All I can say to that is try being in my position that season and see how you would have liked it. It&#039;s not fun to be on a team that not only loses all the time, but literally never shows any sort of competitive spirit and usually ends up losing every round 5-0. The only time we made one round competitive was against KGB where we blew a 3 flag lead in round 1 to lose 4-3 and then the next game, everyone just caved in and acted like they didn&#039;t care anymore. So if they weren&#039;t going to care, why should I? Goat is a great dude and is solid but no team with Goat + Quiksilver will win anything regardless of who you put in as the lead player. So yeah, I requested for a trade. I told him I&#039;d be willing to go to just about any contender but requested EBL as one of my favorites. What most of you don&#039;t know though is that LB offered a trade to him for Ladna/Wraith (prior to anyone suspected Wraith of cheating, which I don&#039;t think it&#039;s been proven he ever did) that season for me and Souler. This trade would have made DMR instantly better and given FLS a much stronger shot at winning in the post-season. So yeah, don&#039;t blame me for that! A fair trade was offered, Goat decided to turn it down. <br />I guess all I wanted to do was kind of get that off my chest since it&#039;s bothered me some to hear people say I orchestrated this entire thing and I&#039;m the one to blame 100%. I&#039;ll take my share of criticism for requesting the trade and wanting to move, but just know Goat decided to make the trade and did it for nothing in return even though he had previous offers that would have gotten him a much better team. I didn&#039;t go Carson Palmer on him and say I wouldn&#039;t play anymore if he didn&#039;t trade me, I would have finished the season with DMR if he didn&#039;t. So yeah, you can all go back to bashing it now, just wanted to let my feelings be known so people could have a little bit better understanding of the situation! 