Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Redskins_P
|
Good story. Thanks. It's nice to hear Coles' story upfront. However, that doesn't change my opinion.
Don't get me wrong. I don't blame Coles for wanting to leave. If I was in his shoes, I would want to leave too! No changing the fact that our offense stinks, and like Coles, I have my doubts that our offensive scheme will improve much at all next year (particularly now that we have no Cap room to get a few more quality players on offense). Yes, I NEVER blamed Coles for wanting to leave, even though I see me wasting more money for another frustrating year of DirecTV.
And don't misunderstand me. I'm a huge Gibbs fan for what he did in the past, and for what he's trying to do now. And I'm also a big Snyder supporter for all the money he spends trying to make my favorite team better. Yes, I'm a true Redskin faithful. But that doesn't change my opinion that Snyder and Gibbs screwed up. And you can't blame Vinnie either. Responsibility lies at the top.
And don't think I don't understand where you're coming from. I was never opposed to getting rid of Coles if that's what he wanted. What I'm disgusted about is the way it was done; the way we let Coles have his way at the expense of our Cap. A $9.3 million Cap hit is devastating. You can't deny that! I'm a contracts lawyer, and while I admit that there may be something pertinent here about NFL contracts that I'm not aware of, I'm still incredulous about how poorly this was negotiated! I'm still looking for a good reason as to how this benefits us. Somebody please tell me! Surely, a straight-up Coles for Moss swap doesn't benefit us greatly - if at all. But when you consider the $9.3 million Cap hit we took, the $5 million check we have to write the Jets next year, and the No. 1 draft choice we gave up in getting Coles, My God: We got royally screwed! It's monumental stupidity. That's up there right behind the Vikings giving up 11 players for Herschel Walker.
My point is: If I had been Snyder (as owner and chief of personnel or whatever he is), or Coach Gibbs (as Prez), you tell Coles I don't care what you were told. If you want out, Buddy, you've got to renegotiate your contract to avoid a devastating hit to my team. Otherwise, go look at that big screen I bought you and SHUT THE F___ UP!!!!!
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but benching a disgruntled Coles would have cost the Skins only about $1.3 million a year for the next 3 years. That's a lot better than $9.3 mil this year. UNBELIEVEABLE!!
What will be interesting to me is to hear player reaction. How do the players REALLY feel about having the money it would have taken to improve ourself this season heading on a downtown train to New York?
Yours truly.
Relaxed but Still Incredulous