patsfaninpittsburgh
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You might be right, but I see it a little differently. As you say, they knew what they were getting when they got him and did manage him, as you detail, pretty well for the first three years. We'll never know everything that happened, at least not until BB writes his book, but I find it hard to believe that a team that prides itself on management couldn't have figured a way to manage its way through this. Startups and established companies alike are constantly managing the egos of prima donna contributors. We all have to move on now, but I'm not ready to let them off the hook for this, until I have more information.
Completely agree with your second paragraph. Whatever went bad, started way before this week, which is why I question how the situation was managed.
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Sometimes there is simply no answer.
If Moss was given a big contract this would not have happened. If the gameplan, provided Moss the chance to prove he is worthy of another big contract, I doubt this would have happened. However, the two are not mutually exclusive because you don't give huge contracts to guys who will play dimished/secondary roles.
My guess is BB decided after 2009 on a different direction. We have those pieces and they checked out the past two weeks. If Moss would have accepted the secondary, "decoy' role then fine.
My guess is management realized that would not happen based on play and comments so they were prepared for the inevitable. However, the inevitable was only possible if the new direction worked.
Would they prefer to have Moss? Hell yes
Would they prefer to have Moss on their terms? Hell, yes
Is that realistic? Probably not
I have enjoyed his play here and like Moss alot. Yet sometimes you simply have to move on.