I'd rather the F/O stand pat than end up with another s***** trade. Regardless, I was replying to TwistedLogic's question, in bold below:
And again, to me, that's too much to give up.
Now, in terms of how desperate the F/O is, I don't really know for sure, but I'd like to think that AA isn't desperate enough to not realize that making another s***** trade would jeopardize his chances of a future GM job with another org.
Anyway, we'll see what happens...