Originally posted by Joecool:
Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Originally posted by sfout:
Originally posted by NickSh49:
Originally posted by Joecool:
Originally posted by Jersey9er:
I don think harbaugh is "down" with CK in 2012 one bit. I think he truly does want Smith back.
So actually IMHO, the organization did kind of screw with Smith and other teams. Now yes, Smith has said maybe once or twice he wants to be back and they want him.
Harbaugh has come straight out and said Smith's our guy. At least 5 times, after the season was over.
So how did the 49ers do this. Anyone notice that since the end of the season, all we have been hearing about is Smith coming back. Harbaugh Smith coming back. Even every tv show that talked about us, just knew Smith was coming back. So i mean if u hear that you know a guy is coming back almost automatically, then why would you even attempt to make him an offer.
If after the season ended all you heard from our organization is how Smith is coming back. Why even entertain the idea. I think that also has a lot to do with why we have heard of no one calling just yet.
I don't buy into much Harbaugh says in terms of personnel decisions. He pumped Morgan up also.
Yeah, but I would argue Morgan chose to leave us to go to the Skins for more money... not the other way around.
agreed Morgan wanted to leave. He was worth more then the money we offered him(at least in Washington's mind) and he will start opposite Garcon and have RG3 throwing to him.
The money and the starting gig sent Morgan packing.
$6 million a year for Josh Morgan is just not worth it. That's absurdly overpaid. But that's the Redskins.
Who cares? It just goes to show JH really pumped a guy up and we didn't keep him. Same could happen with Alex. I think JH should just stay away from GM type comments.
Yes $6M a year is too much. IMHO he was worth $4M tops.
Cool - Yes Harbaugh said "I want him back, he is a priority" but just because he is a priority doesn't mean we will overpay the guy. Morgan knew he could get more on the open market and knew he wouldn't start here so he probably knew from the get-go that he was leaving us.
Someone wrote in the "talking to morgan" thread said they knew a girl who was friends of his and that "he had already packed his bags" last week. They could've been BSing but it with how quickly Morgan inked a new deal it sounds like they were telling the truth. It doesn't matter how much a team wants a guy, this is a multi-million dollar/billion dollar business and if someone is going to grossly overpay one of your guys you have to do the smart thing and let the guy walk and spend the money on a wiser investment.
If Alex gets offered 5 years $50M by a loser of the Manning/Flynn bananza there is no way Baalke matches it, he will simply sign Josh Johnson to a 3 year $10M deal and see how quickly Kaepernick can surpass him and start for us.