I knew we wouldn't get through Whalen Day with out this...

Pioneer Press columnist Bob Sansevere never writes about the Lynx and never goes to games. At the beginning of the year -- although he'd apparently never been to a single game -- he nonetheless felt that he had the expertise to determine exactly what the team needed, and he trashed the Lynx for not trading away the whole roster for Whalen.

Yesterday he went to the game (his first?). Today he repeats the same arguments: he says the Lynx should have traded anything Connecticut wanted to get Whalen.

In addition to its inanity, Sansevere's column is premised on his factual ignorance (or intellectual dishonesty). He implies that Whalen drew an additional 10,437 fans to yesterday's game. He doesn't even mention the thousands of Day Camp kids, who would have been there for the matinee no matter who we played.

Obviously Whalen would bring extra fans if she were on the team. I would guestimate that we'd average 1,000-3,000 more per game. I remain somewhat conflicted about whether we should have made the trade. Reasonable people can disagree. But the tirades of know-nothing jackasses like Sansevere add nothing to the debate.