Center Austin Reiter in for visit

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(07-26-2021, 11:49 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: There absolutely was. This isn’t that hard to understand. All Troy had to say is “we are not comfortable going any higher than our current offer (an offer that was a complete joke - - reportedly about 50-60% of what other teams were offering), and we’ve decided to go in a different direction. We wish Whit the best of luck if he decides to sign somewhere else.”

A little more professional than going on about “aging OT’s” and passive aggressive bullshit like “all good things have to come to end I guess.”

Seriously, I know you literally live to argue, but defending how Blackburn handled that situation is beyond ridiculous.

"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?