Strangelove wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 2:53 pm
micky107 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:11 am
I see I don't belong here now.
That is bullshit.
...
I'm the only one that thinks locking this guy up long term was a better plan.
UMMM.
A bunch of us said many times that we'd love to have him at 8X8.
But it takes two to tango.
The new philosophy among star players for 2nd contracts:
"We want short term unless we get ridiculous dollars."
It's easy for you to say "lock this guy up long term"
... when you don't know what the other side was saying.
What if they were demanding $9.5M AAV to go 8 years?
What if they just didn't want to go long-term because
they know what you know:
Boeser is going to but up much bigger and better numbers going forward.
Do you think if you were the GM you'd
trick Brock + agent into giving you a smoking deal?
Yeah, it doesn't work that way buddy, great value 2nd-contracts on stars are a thing of the past.
What you want now is a fair 2nd contract, and that's what Jimmy got.
Both Jimmy and Brock's agent have said they first negotiated on a long-term
... but that they couldn't come anywhere close to an agreement.
But hey, there ARE some advantages to going short-term.
(especially in this particular case)
Those have been mentioned by others here...