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carolinatony 01-22-2010 09:41 PM
March 5- Free Agency starts- Question
 
Nobody can sign a FA until March 5 but....are teams talking to FA's now?

Is there a lot of stuff going on now behind the scenes we don't know about.
thanks

SeanBruschi54 01-22-2010 10:50 PM
Re: March 5- Free Agency starts- Question
 
Teams are not supposed to talk to players until that date. But you know how it is. People inside the org have people that dont work there relay messages to agents saying they might be interested at x amount of dollars and years. Its how it always is.

mayoclinic 01-22-2010 10:50 PM
Re: March 5- Free Agency starts- Question
 
Does that apply to their own FAs?

SeanBruschi54 01-22-2010 10:57 PM
Re: March 5- Free Agency starts- Question
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mayoclinic (Post 1704329)
Does that apply to their own FAs?
No, BB and the coaching staff are on a 10 day vacay. Apparently BB had called a few free agents and told them they will start negotiations begin in Feb.

ctpatsfan77 01-22-2010 11:42 PM
Re: March 5- Free Agency starts- Question
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SeanBruschi54 (Post 1704333)
No, BB and the coaching staff are on a 10 day vacay. Apparently BB had called a few free agents and told them they will start negotiations begin in Feb.
And, for the record, there is, as near as I can tell, no restriction on a team having negotiations with its own impending free agents at any time.

SeanBruschi54 01-23-2010 12:14 AM
Re: March 5- Free Agency starts- Question
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ctpatsfan77 (Post 1704371)
And, for the record, there is, as near as I can tell, no restriction on a team having negotiations with its own impending free agents at any time.
I said the exact same thing in not so many words.

Box_O_Rocks 01-23-2010 08:45 AM
Re: March 5- Free Agency starts- Question
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SeanBruschi54 (Post 1704390)
I said the exact same thing in not so many words.
A bit of clarification never hurt - some of our fellow posters can be as sharp as a box of rocks...or so I've heard. :cool:

carolinatony 01-23-2010 08:59 AM
Re: March 5- Free Agency starts- Question
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SeanBruschi54 (Post 1704328)
Teams are not supposed to talk to players until that date. But you know how it is. People inside the org have people that dont work there relay messages to agents saying they might be interested at x amount of dollars and years. Its how it always is.


If that's true it amazing that hours AFTER FA starts some teams sign a player.
That's some fast negoitations on both sides :-)
thanks

Ochmed Jones 01-23-2010 09:20 AM
Re: March 5- Free Agency starts- Question
 
Will some team offer somebody an Albert Hanyesworth type deal this year? I can't see BB doing that, but anything is possible.

Last year BB had some success with mid level FA's. I would like to see him continue that this off season.

MaineMan 01-23-2010 10:53 AM
Re: March 5- Free Agency starts- Question
 
The twist to all this that's unique to this off-season is, with no CBA and no cap, teams can cut guys (who they feel they're overpaying) with no cap consequences. Lotsa rumors surrounding that consideration (e.g., Chargers rumored to be dumping Cromartie).


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