First, let me say, I love the debate and I always appreciate reading others thoughts. While I have some involvement in theme selection the past couple of years, I am not defensive or here to slavishly defend the choices.
The simple reality is that it is absolutely impossible to come up with themes that everyone agrees with completely. Redcped, schwarze and I - as well as I'm sure, 06gsp and ozomatli in the past - do our best to present a mix of ideas across different salary caps that hopefully demand different strategies and are fun and challenging to build.
I, for one, have enjoyed each and every one of my years in this tournament. I don't care who you are, and I don't care which set of themes were used - it is always difficult and nerve-wracking to make the cage, and often humbling for those that do.
I agree with some of just4me's comments. Great themes should create trade offs, should not restrict team building strategies, and should force owners out of their comfort zones. A lot of his suggested improvements are also valid.
However, I did build multiple rosters for both the 110M and 120M themes that used a wide variety of strategies. My biggest issue was figuring out which strategy/team to settle on. I only built one 100M team as once it was done I didn't want to attempt that high-wire puzzle again but, without trying to reveal too much at this time, I note that my pitching staff completely uses the supposedly-eliminated platoons or tandems.