I really could not care less what he wanted. Thats another dysfunctional element of our FO: they cater to what the players want even when its deleterious to the team. They allowed Bard a chance to start, which is fine-but then the screwed with his mechanics, which reduced his velocity, and they allowed the debacle to continue past all understanding. Now he cannot even get back to where he was. Not only won't he get back into the bigs this year, I doubt he will EVER make it back and reach his previous level of effectiveness.