At this stage, short of trading the entire team for another, trading for a piece or two is not going to turn around this franchise in 2009. Best continue to take a bite out of that smelly sandwich, accept reality, continue the evaluation process and get together a genuine plan for re-stocking the team in the off-season and 2010 draft.

That is, IF Pioli/Haley know what they're doing which is another question to ponder. As P/H continue their on the job training for their respective roles, we can only hope they're learning valuable lessons as they go and not repeat past mistakes.