I guess I'm missing the point. The way I see it, there's a PR aspect to losing popular players, and it seems this is the way the White Sox deal with it. I guess it's our jobs to see through it.
All KW is saying is that he should not be doing that, and he's right. All he did yesterday was apologize. Whether he follows through remains to be seen.
BTW, I haven't really heard him say anything about ex-players this off season except that he believes the guys they are getting are better than what he gave up, which is what he should be saying.