NOLA54

Wait & see is the name of the game. Remember these are the opinions of the talking heads/pundints. Opinion is the key word here. None of it is based on any facts that I have heard yet.

saintfan

True. I take it personal for the group as a whole when we are being told we're stupid. We don't understand. We're being counter-productive. We need to shut the hell up. Excuse me?

If I hire a realtor to sell my house, am I going to review the offers I get or am I going to tell the agent to do what he feels is best? You bet your ass I'm going to review them...very carefully in fact. I will seek the opinion of the agent of course, but I'm in charge. Period.

And would the agent bother to tell me I just got an offer that is more than the history of any other offer in the history of the neighborhood or would he choose to hide that offer from me because he was hopeful of an even better offer? Of course he would tell me. He'd tell me or I'd fire his ass. LOL

This thinking that Drew's agent has complete control and that Drew might potentially not even know how much we offered is, well...that's just nuts. If Drew were unhappy with his agent's performance of COURSE he could fire him, even though it has been suggested here that he can't. That's crap on a stick.

C'mon Man...

alexonfyre

And if your agent tells you that he can get 30% more than that value? And he has a track record of doing so for other people? And people call him the most powerful man in his industry? and you are going to say no 6 months before you are even planning to move? Come on now. Maybe the idea that Drew doesn't know the offer isn't realistic, but the idea that Tom Condon isn't running the show right now is equally so.

FinSaint

This is exactly the point I was trying to make to AsylumGuido the other day, but he refused to accept it. Naturally, the agent (Condon in this case) is the one who is handling the negotiations while Brees may have no direct contact with the Saints.

But, at the same time, I would be amazed if Brees has handed him total control over the said negotiations as AG has stated numerous times - of course he has the final say-so on the big decisions regarding the contract.

And to come back to your comment alexonfyre, which I quoted above: many of us here have put Brees on a pedestal, which in hindsight was our mistake and shouldn't take anything away from Brees. But, because he is so highly regarded by us and when we read comments from him that state that he wants to keep the team competitive - it's hard to not be disappointed when he turns down contracts that would've made him the highest payed player in the league, simply because he wants more.

Now, this might be just a skewed perception of the negotiations, and I accept the fact that I don't know the details of what goes on behind the closed doors, but to suggest that Brees has no responsibility over what course the negotiations have taken is just something I can't agree with.

To reference the example you gave, Brees could've told Condon at that point - when the agent tells the client he can get him 30% more - to just take what they're offering now, because he doesn't need all that money and would rather see other key FAs signed as well.

I guess that is how my made-up imaginary Drew Brees would've handled this situation, but alas that version of him doesn't exist and I can't hold that against the real version. Still, the whole situation has made me disappointed and that is another thing I can't help.

By the way, saintfan I thought that your earlier comments were on point and I agree with almost all of which you stated.

"I'm not bashing people, I'm bashing their opinions because in my opinion their opinion is wrong" - Danno

Saint_LB

More like a skyscraper...

Rugby Saint II

It's a long long fall from the top.

FinSaint

I hope he packed a golden parachute!