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Originally Posted by Locke
Then he's an idiot, or, more accurately, his Agent is an idiot.
Of course he wasnt going to get more offers. There is a salary cap. A quick perusal of the Cap Conditions of his preferred destinations would have given him a clear and obvious assessment regarding the ability of teams in the League's ability to accommodate him and the salary he was looking to demand.
Yes, we know he cant negotiate with other teams until his Free Agency period kicks in, but he didnt have to 'Knee Jerk' or burn bridges or anything. He and his agent chose to do that.
The problem is that if he goes crawling to Philly on his hands and knees he doesnt get $9M+ but he could have given teams time to clear space if he showed an interest.
This is a Premium Free Agent, all he costs you is cash and Cap.
This was a panic move.
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I am sure this was posted already but this line from his interview in The Athletic says it all to me:
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It was tough. It was a hard day. I think with the flat cap, it’s hard to sign guys to big contracts sometimes when you’re so tight to the cap. So I didn’t talk to many teams. And of the teams that I was talking to, Columbus was right up there on the top of my list. So when they called, I was just like, “Let’s get this done. I don’t even care anymore. I just want to start my next chapter of my career here with Columbus.”
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https://theathletic.com/3434694/2022...lumbus-cannon/
I don't even care anymore? Not exactly the shrewd, calculating tactician. He keeps saying he "did his research", well clearly not. He obviously had zero idea of what the process was going to look like, what the expected numbers were going to be, what the potential suitors were going to be, and how stressful the situation was going to be, as he clearly just delayed and delayed making the hard choice because he quite frankly just didn't want to actually make the hard choice. You really really blew it Johnny, to a jaw dropping degree..