Thing is, with Bouma, what do you do? He had a fantastic season last year and we all knew he wouldn't repeat it. But you can't enter negotiations with him going "you aren't scoring 16 goals next season, so here is your offer". You also can't just let him walk away, not after what he did. Sends out a poor message to the dressing room. So what choice do you have but to pay him over the odds? Yes, he is overpaid and it was a mistake by Treliving to pay him that much with that much term. But I don't see what choice he had?
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