Jack Wilson isn’t happy.

Neither is Adam LaRoche.

In fact, most of the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse was miffed at the latest round of trades made by Neal Huntington.

So upset by the swaps, Wilson vented to the media.

Then he apologized the next day.

Yeah. He didn’t mean it.

Wilson has seen all of this before. He’s been with the Pirates the longest — he’s in his ninth year with the Buccos — so he knows how these things work.

It’s like Old Faithful. It’s like the buzzards returning to Hinkley, Ohio. It’s like a Michael Bay movie with a Swiss Cheese plot.

It’s predictable and unyielding.

The Pirates blueprint:

-- Step 1: Have high hopes in April and play well before obvious holes and the law of averages take over.

-- Step 2: Linger around .500, breeding false hope. Win three in a row to get everyone excited, then lose four in a row. Rinse. Repeat.

-- Step 3: Trade a starting outfielder (see McLouth, Nate; Nady, Xavier; Giles, Brian.)

-- Step 4: Trade another starting outfielder (see Morgan, Nyjer; Bay, Jason; Lawton, Matt)

-- Step 5: With roster gutted by trades and a lineup more fitting of Indianapolis than Pittsburgh, suffer through a horrible August and talk about how the new acquisitions will improve the team next year.

“We are headed in the right direction,” said (insert name of general manager here.)

Wilson has seen this almost every season since he came up to the majors in 2001. No wonder he is tired of it.

So are the fans.

But this time might be different. It's up to Huntington to make it different. It's up to him to break the cycle.

We'll know by July 2, 2011 if the cylce has been broken and whether or not Andrew McCutchen and/or Lastings Milledge are traded.

Stay tuned.