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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by leilung You sound like you're OK with the "if I can get paid for not working, why not". In the old school military, we called that being a Blue Falcon! I once had an excellent career with ...
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03-11-2024, 09:09 AM | #51 |
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Re: The Saints are parting ways with Michael Thomas
Originally Posted by leilung
Where did I ever say I was okay with getting paid for not working when a person is fully capable of working? Huh? I don't believe I have ever said that. But I do fully believe in contract law and if a person is physically unable to work and their contract states that they are to receive compensation while nonetheless unable to work then, yes, by all means I have no issue with that at all. Especially when they are working through a recovery from a work related injury.
The injuries that Thomas suffered were debilitating. First an ankle that ultimately required surgery including hardware. His body rejected the hardware and a second surgery was required. That is nothing that any player could play through. When he finally returned and balled out he suffered the toe injury. Some idiots claim, "Geez, it's only a toe. He should be playing." It was reportedly a complete dislocation which damaged ligaments and tendons and required yet another surgery which, in turn, required yet another extended recovery. At no point was Thomas ever sitting out collecting a check when he was able to play. In fact, there were performance based incentives that he obviously wasn't receiving. |
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03-11-2024, 11:17 AM | #52 |
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Re: The Saints are parting ways with Michael Thomas
Originally Posted by AsylumGuido
Geez...it was only his toe! He sure did look like he could play for a couple games. If it were that bad, I would imagine he could not put pressure on it at all. |
03-15-2024, 09:02 AM | #53 |
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Re: The Saints are parting ways with Michael Thomas
Word on the street... the FailClowns tamped up MT around the same time as Cousins. This could be Joe Horn 2.0. Just what I'm hearing inside the building.
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03-15-2024, 09:05 AM | #54 |
Re: The Saints are parting ways with Michael Thomas
We wish MT well, despite his fleecing the Saints the last few years. We thank him for his contribution when he was productive.
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03-15-2024, 10:10 AM | #55 |
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Re: The Saints are parting ways with Michael Thomas
Originally Posted by SmashMouth
"Fleecing" implies something intentional. Not his fault. You can't blame any player for injuries that prevent them from playing. And there isn't a player in the league that would have done anything differently concerning the contract.
In eight years his total earnings according to Spotrac was $72,520,383. That's less than $10 million per year. Total salary was $7,991,085. He only received $138,469 in incentives his entire career because of those injuries. Disappointed? Yes. Fleeced? No. People look back at that five year $96.25 million contract extension from back in July of 2019 thinking that it seemed so huge. He never received anywhere near that in his entire career with the Saints. |
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03-15-2024, 10:44 AM | #56 |
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Re: The Saints are parting ways with Michael Thomas
Shame. Unfortunate injuries marred an otherwise stellar career.
Then all the reports and social media / social justice left many soured on the relationship. For me, glad it seems to finally be over. |
03-15-2024, 07:26 PM | #57 |
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Re: The Saints are parting ways with Michael Thomas
Good-bye Mike. Thanks for the good stuff.
Guido, he's not your friend and never will be. His behavior over the last four years rubbed most of us the wrong way. Glad he was effective for the first part of his career but hated him taking to social media to punk out New Orleans favorite son. |
03-15-2024, 07:54 PM | #58 |
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Re: The Saints are parting ways with Michael Thomas
Originally Posted by iceshack149
Did I ever claim he was my friend? I'm just not as petty as most around here and respect him far, far more than those same "most". His supposed "behavior over the last four years" has mainly been generated by the social media public. It all started by idiots being pissed off because he was injured soon after the new contract. The guy barely shared anything publicly for the first two or three years after that. Here in the last year or so he's become far more visible and for that I don't blame him. The uncalled for **** he's caught has been ridiculous.
He questioned Brees that one time and soon after got together with Brees and all was cool. Hating on him for that one isolated incident is a you problem. |
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03-15-2024, 08:07 PM | #59 |
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Re: The Saints are parting ways with Michael Thomas
Originally Posted by AsylumGuido
You keep using that word...
I don't hate anyone. If you read my post you'd see that it's more than just his keyboard warrior-ing against Brees. |
03-15-2024, 08:15 PM | #60 |
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Re: The Saints are parting ways with Michael Thomas
Originally Posted by iceshack149
And if you read my post you'd remember it was ONE isolated post questioning Brees' understanding. Not attacking. Not "warrior-ing".
Damn, man. Get over it. They did. Why can't you? So the hating is on more than that? What else do you hate him for? Edit: Okay. Not hate. Why is it that you dislike him so much? Is it because he got a contract that has since been dwarfed? Is it because he got injured and couldn't play by no fault of his own? |