Originally posted by Quest4six:
Originally posted by kray28:
What the Niners did with that workout bonus was nothing short of a dick move. Classless would another adjective that comes to mind. Stuff like that would never have happened under Eddie D's watch. If you want to consider why free agents didn't come flocking to SF, you might want to consider that little episode with Tarell Brown did not go unnoticed.
You need to revisit that situation. The niners are a football franchise, not a baby sitting service.
TB's agent is the one at fault here, also that's 2/3 of his salary. He should have known that, it is COMPLETELY on him.
FAs don't want to come to SF? Do you understand how free agency works?
Sorry if I'm being a jerk, but I suggest you look up some of those claims you are throwing around.
No claims....all facts. Please refute anything I said.Do you think other players/potential FAs failed to notice what happened?
The point wasn't about who's fault it was, the point was that the Niners were in perfect position to remedy it if they so desired. They didn't and they chose to take advantage of it instead. And after all that they lowballed him on a new deal. I guess he was just tired of being taken advantage of. He took a paycut to go play for the Raiders....
Like I said, stuff like that would have never happened under Eddie D's watch...with Eddie, the players always came first and he always tried to do right by them. The 49ers did well under that regime for a long time.
These new Niners under the Yorks....they're not the same.