Upset with Dunta being upset

[jaimeg]

I don't know if any of you feel the same, but I am upset that Dunta is upset.

Did he expect the Texans to just let him walk?

Does he really want to be a Texan?

If I bought a 52 inch Flat Screen, I wouldn't leave it in an unlocked car!!!!

[papabear]

Originally Posted by jaimeg

I don't know if any of you feel the same, but I am upset that Dunta is upset.

Did he expect the Texans to just let him walk?

Does he really want to be a Texan?

If I bought a 52 inch Flat Screen, I wouldn't leave it in an unlocked car!!!!

He made it pretty clear that he was happy playing for 10 mill a year even though he wanted something longer term. He said he was upset about being lied to. It sounds to me like there was probably some misunderstanding, but if he was misled then he has a right to be upset.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by papabear

He made it pretty clear that he was happy playing for 10 mill a year even though he wanted something longer term. He said he was upset about being lied to. It sounds to me like there was probably some misunderstanding, but if he was misled then he has a right to be upset.

He basically said that Rick Smith lied to him, or lied to his agent.
I can kinda sympathize with him because he's the one most at risk here since all of his leverage is gone for future years negotiating if he suffers another bad injury this season while Smith & Kubiak can observe him along with the younger corners like Bennet & Mouldin in 2009 and then pick and choose at the end of the year (or during the '09 season if they so desire).
On the other hand 10M ain't chicken-feed and if it weren't for the lucrative industry known as the NFL which was conceived and developed by entrepreneurs who risked their own capital D-Rob would be pumpimg gas for a living (if he lived in Oregon).

[painekiller]

Wish I had desire to look it up again, but someone posted the % of players that are franchised that actually sign long term deals with the same team. The number of guys leaving the team is pretty high.

The players almost to a man get pi$$ed that they are franchised, and again it is not about today's money, but the risk is all on the player for tomorrow's money.

In Dunta's case the number appear to be pretty clear. $23M guarantee. Anything less then $20M and the team is bargain hunting.

Get a deal done.

[jaimeg]

If I had a dollar for every time a general manager lied, I'd have 20 million guaranteed!!!! What did he expect.

[NBT]

It is really hard for me to have any sympathy for these ballplayers who make more in one year than many of us make in our lifetimes. To say nothing of the cost of the tickets.