If you're going to be the forum bully, then you may want to get some of your facts correct from now on, or at least increase your average a bit. If I had a nickle for every time you were wrong I'd be a rich, rich man.
As for you being rich, that just another exaggeration. If I have a penny for ever time someone like yourself claimed they were being bullied in a forum, I'd be the rich one. Seriously. What you claimed I said what so wrong it was pathetic and you got called out on it. Deal with it instead of whining and making more erroneous claims.
You have a lot of strong opinions berating others when 9/10 times you don't have much knowledge of what you're talking about. The Dennard and Hernandez situations are prime examples of you mocking and making fun of others when you're out in left field entirely about what the process is, and what's actually been happening.
Considering how often you totally twisted what I say out of proportion (like you have in this thread) you'll forgive me if I take what you say as being worthless. The Dennard and Hernandez situations are perfect examples of you taking what I say and twisting it or just not understanding. Your claims about what I said in both situations were wrong. From claiming that I had made a decision in support of Hernandez to your claims that the 1st Court appearance on July 27th was an arraignment and not the actual discussion of the charge of violation of his parole. The State of Nebraska doesn't do arraignment for Parole Violations. They send a letter to the defendant and specify the court date for judgement Look it up. I did. That's why I was able to say what I said. So, please, I'm not the one out in left field per your claims. But again, that is you making them so you sound all high and mighty and the reality is that all you've done is exaggerate or misconstrue what I've said. Just like you did in this thread.
If Mesko was costing 1.3 million dollars this year, then what would you describe as "1/3" of that cost, Mr. Calculator? What do you think it's costing to keep Allen this year?
Here's a quote furthering the point from musketfire.com :
"Mesko had just one year left on his deal, and he was set to make $1.323 million, and that’s a lot of money for a punter. Contrast that with Allen’s income, which was set at about a third of Mesko’s pay, and it’s clear that the Patriots planned on going with Allen as long as he kept things competitive."
Mesko's dead cap hit was approx. 47,000 so that's pretty much irrelevant.
Really? It's irrelevant? Sorry, but it's not irrelevant. You add that to the $495K of Allen and you have $548K. Last I looked, $548K is 41%, not 33%
The cost of top tier punters at the moment is in the 2-3 million dollar range, and if you base the past 2 contracts they'd average to be about 4 million per year. If you think that Belichick was going to pay our punter 50% of that then you aren't too familiar with the past dealings of the team.
I think that this is pretty safe speculation, and based on what Belichick's decision was, it would seem that he agreed on some level.
So, which is Mesko? Is he a mediocre punter or a "top tier" punter? Based on what you and others have said, he'd have been less than $2M per year to sign. Heck, I don't even think that he'd average more than $2M per on a long term contract.
As for your claims that I'm not familiar with the past dealings of the team, yeah, whatever you say there. That is just a typical over-statement by yourself.
You're making way too big of a deal over changing punters.
I'm not making a "big deal" out of the changing of punters. If you'd actually followed what I said instead of putting in your own commentary, I said that the Pats are going to regret letting Mesko go. I stand by that statement because Mesko was the best and most consistent punter they've had since 1996.
All Allen proved to me was that he can outkick coverage and that he's not nearly as good at directional punting as Mesko.
The ones making a "big deal" are people like yourself who insist on exaggerating the claims of others to attempt to make yourself look smart. That is the sign of a bully. Not me stating my opinion and defending myself when people like you insist on exaggerating what I said.
