I can't stress this enough, get over any real life feelings for players in start, it will do you no good to acquire players you like or avoid players you dislike.
Unless a large part of the fun for you is having certain guys on your team.
Many times I have put together a team where major reason for team was to use the great Wizard of Oz. Strat apparently does not realize how superior he was but sometimes having certain players on team just make it more fun.