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Originally Posted by curves2000
I don't think there is anything in the article that is wrong. When players, especially players who get the massive contracts, don't live up to that expectation or don't deliver the elite level performance, it's understandable the person signing the chq's is upset.
It's not that Benn and Seguin's numbers are incredibly low or anything, it's that the level of contract and the performance and what your PAID to do isn't there. The New England Patriots have a slogan, "Do YOUR Job". I don't know if this is applying to them and I think the owners pissed, they wouldn't be unique but it's just public here.
If this was a regular person's career and your job was to get sales (goals, points) and when you made the pitch to your boss (GM, owner) this wouldn't cut it. Your being paid to be a top sales guy in your area, region, industry etc but in this case your the highest paid guy in the company and your delivery decent sales across the industry but getting beat out by a LOT of people. It is what it is and I think its right for the owners in sports to call out BS sometimes.
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Regular people dont get this plastered all over the net and media when their boss isnt happy. Their friends and family are reading all this stuff right now too.
And this isn't even the owner doing it, but his CEO/representative.
I agree they need to address under-performance at any time they like, but there is a way to do it. This is not that. It's the other side of a player going to the media and demanding a trade which is just as bad an idea and just as damaging potentially.
This will either work well and the Stars become what he thinks they should be or it will backfire horrendously and lead to carnage.
Fascinating either way though!