Patriots were wrong not to contact willie
 

i get that theyre not sentimental like me
i get that willie is old and past his prime
i get that he would cost a decent amount of money

but if they had contacted him right away, there is no doubt in my mind he wouldve signed for less than 12 mill over 3 yrs
prob wouldve signed for like 9 mill over 3 yrs

i guess the pats really dont value him that highly, but they shouldve, even if its not entirely for his play, but partially for his leadership ability

i question bb and pioli very rarely
and i dont think ive ever said that they were dead wrong

but im saying it now
DEAD WRONG

How do you know they had not contacted him?? Do you know that for a fact?? Unless you know that for a fact..don't speculate....we may never know exactly what happened...

I believe willy when he said he nor his agent had been contacted by the pats after they released him

726, the worst example of baseless speculation is the following line:

over 3 years

That's the part that doesn't work for the Pats. He'll be 35 years old by the end of the 2006 season.

They didn't contact him because the negotiations before they let him go when nowhere. They knew they were not going to meet his price so they let him go.

i dont care that its baseless
its correct

The last 3 words are a key part of that which is being overlooked.

They tried to renegotiate before they released him. They couldn't agree. Unless the Pats or Willie had changed their mind about value, what good does contacting him do?

so its another pedro

im not so sure about that
i know more about willie than prob anyone on this board, and ive been saying all along that he has three yrs left in the tank

cuz when ur trying to re-work a deal is a lil diff than when you are starting from scratch