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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jon" data-source="post: 878806" data-attributes="member: 15113">It's an easy manager thing.  In the draft room, as its happening:  the trade is confirmed, the player is available, and the GM calls it in.  In the few minutes before the commissioner gets to the podium, a coach calls Rodgers and tells him.  Done.At its simplest, this is how a manager who is aware of and cares about how his employees feel does his job--  and it's a basic courtesy.Deeper (and talking heads-like), if your team leader is 'prickly' and 'sensitive', you put a little effort into keeping him cool so he performs well.  Yes, Rodgers is a grown up and GMs don't ask players about draft picks, but why create an opportunity for discord? Why did they do it?  Probably they just never thought about it;  I can't imagine they considered it and consciously decided not to tell him.  A manager can make a mistake just as a player can miss a tackle, and now they're trying to make nice (in addition to major reasons as stated for including him).</blockquote>

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