07-26-2021, 12:49 PM
(07-26-2021, 12:34 PM)Whatever Wrote: "we've decided to go in a different direction" would indicate the team doesn't really want him back and the offer on the table is basically just a pity offer. That could also be interpreted as disrespectful, in fact, more disrespectful that what Troy said.
The reality is that this was one excerpt out of a long running business negotiation involving a multi million dollar deal. It's the club's job to devalue the player in negotiations to get a better deal. It's the agent's job to overvalue their clients in negotiations to get a better deal.
Troy probably didn't handle it the best. Whit certainly didn't handle things the best when he complained about the team drafting Og and Fisher in the media, as well as his lack of a contract extension. His burial of the team after he left was way worse than what Blackburn texted to his agent. If we're calling out Blackburn for being unprofessional, why is Whit not also being called out for it?
In my opinion, Whit can talk as much as he wants. While he was here the he was a team leader and the team won.
Since Whit was allowed to walk this franchise has skidded back to the "Lost Decade of the 90's". They've actually been worse than that decade.
