Why is everyone freaking out? We knew last year before all of this went down that he wasn't coming back.. we couldn't afford him. That hasn't changed.
All last year it was "we have hardy for one more year, let's try to find his successor and get that person some playing time behind hardy". Well we drafted Ealy and he got even more time than imagined to get ready because of the legal crap.
Anyways, we all knew hardy was gone last year. We understood it was a rental. Jeremy and voth have been preaching from the mountaintops that he was gone. so, why is everyone so worked up?