Saints are working on re-structured deal with Will Smith

HouYat · 03-01-2012, 12:43 PM

This is sounding like a great Win-Win situation. Smith gets to stay & compete for another championship, and money gets freed up to attempt to get the big three FA's under contract. Anxiously awaiting follow-up reports this weekend.

mikesaintfan · 03-01-2012, 02:50 PM

next up...JV

jeanpierre · 03-01-2012, 03:08 PM

That'll be the money for Nicks' franchise tag...

jeanpierre · 03-01-2012, 03:10 PM

Need to rework Devery, Harper, next

Rugby Saint II · 03-01-2012, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

Need to rework Devery, Harper, next

JP do you really think Harper is going to renegotiate? He just reworked his contract and played reasonably well. Loomis might be able to do it but other players deserve to take a pay cut more.

Crusader · 03-01-2012, 03:59 PM

Keeping Smith for less money sounds like a good deal. Could some money be moved to incentives?

Danno · 03-01-2012, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by Crusader

Keeping Smith for less money sounds like a good deal. Could some money be moved to incentives?

He's not taking less money, he's restructuring it so that it doesn't create a huge cap hit, but rather spreads it out more evenly.

He's still overpaid, just now he's more balanced in his overpayedness.

jeanpierre · 03-01-2012, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by Danno

He's still overpaid, just now he's more balanced in his overpayedness.

Did you write speeches for a former president?

This is now one of my favorite lines...

Kidding aside, agreed that he's overpaid for the production - too bad you can't have a standardized, league-wide incentive package that would be separate from the capped-pool; that way guys are getting paid AS they produced rather than for what they've done in the past...

FinSaint · 03-01-2012, 04:05 PM

Also, I don't know if they are adding the last year to his contract, because under the former contract it was an optional year.

03-01-2012, 03:28 PM	#5
Rugby Saint II Bounty Money $$$ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5800 Airline Dr. Metairie, LA. Posts: 24,167	Originally Posted by jeanpierre Need to rework Devery, Harper, next JP do you really think Harper is going to renegotiate? He just reworked his contract and played reasonably well. Loomis might be able to do it but other players deserve to take a pay cut more. Crusader and FinSaint like this.

03-01-2012, 04:02 PM	#7
Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,758	Originally Posted by Crusader Keeping Smith for less money sounds like a good deal. Could some money be moved to incentives? He's not taking less money, he's restructuring it so that it doesn't create a huge cap hit, but rather spreads it out more evenly. He's still overpaid, just now he's more balanced in his overpayedness. Rugby Saint II and FinSaint like this.

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jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Originally Posted by Danno He's still overpaid, just now he's more balanced in his overpayedness. Did you write speeches for a former president? This is now one of my favorite lines... Kidding aside, agreed that he's overpaid for the production - too bad you can't have a standardized, league-wide incentive package that would be separate from the capped-pool; that way guys are getting paid AS they produced rather than for what they've done in the past...

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03-01-2012, 12:43 PM	#1
HouYat Site Donor 2014 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Humble, Texas Posts: 460	This is sounding like a great Win-Win situation. Smith gets to stay & compete for another championship, and money gets freed up to attempt to get the big three FA's under contract. Anxiously awaiting follow-up reports this weekend.

03-01-2012, 02:50 PM	#2
mikesaintfan 1000 Posts + Join Date: May 2006 Location: new jersey Posts: 1,070	next up...JV

03-01-2012, 03:08 PM	#3
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	That'll be the money for Nicks' franchise tag...

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jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Need to rework Devery, Harper, next

03-01-2012, 03:59 PM	#6
Crusader Resident Swede Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Märsta, Sweden Posts: 8,049	Keeping Smith for less money sounds like a good deal. Could some money be moved to incentives?

03-01-2012, 04:05 PM	#9
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,964	Also, I don't know if they are adding the last year to his contract, because under the former contract it was an optional year.