Well obviously they didn't want to do us any favours, or at least that is how I see the somewhat odd decision to rescind the card and allow Kouyate to play against us.
That Lampert would use Kmart's pristine balance sheet to purchase Sears, Roebuck, & Co. — itself a struggling retailer — seemed somewhatodd, but his management decisions after the merger seemed to confirm that his strategy was cash cow milking.