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You seem to have made up your mind to blame the Patriots on this without fully considering the big picture. Go back and read posts 152, 154, 155, 156, and 158. Then listen to Kraft's interview from yesterday. Welker's agent is desperately trying to deflect blame for causing this fiasco.
Why, when the Patriots have played hard ball like this before. It's just a spin by the Patriots. It's frustrating on all levels as a fan. They believe it's team over any one player (except TFB) and when they take a stand the don't budge. I find it funny others are believing otherwise. The Pats got butt hurt that Welker didn't sign a contract before last season. It's the strong arm approach tactic they seem to use. They didn't think Welker would leave so they stuck to their guns when all it would have taken was a little more money... respect.
Now they lost their most dependable player and productive player, outside of TFB, due to lack of respect, ego and strong arm tactics. We have seen this before!
Why, when the Patriots have played hard ball like this before. It's just a spin by the Patriots. It's frustrating on all levels as a fan. They believe it's team over any one player (except TFB) and when they take a stand the don't budge. I find it funny others are believing otherwise. The Pats got butt hurt that Welker didn't sign a contract before last season. It's the strong arm approach tactic they seem to use. They didn't think Welker would leave so they stuck to their guns when all it would have taken was a little more money... respect.
Now they lost their most dependable player and productive player, outside of TFB, due to lack of respect, ego and strong arm tactics. We have seen this before!
Why, when the Patriots have played hard ball like this before. It's just a spin by the Patriots. It's frustrating on all levels as a fan. They believe it's team over any one player (except TFB) and when they take a stand the don't budge. I find it funny others are believing otherwise. The Pats got butt hurt that Welker didn't sign a contract before last season. It's the strong arm approach tactic they seem to use. They didn't think Welker would leave so they stuck to their guns when all it would have taken was a little more money... respect.
Now they lost their most dependable player and productive player, outside of TFB, due to lack of respect, ego and strong arm tactics. We have seen this before!
So as a "fan" you are frustrated because the Patriots put the team over individual players and play hardball? What exactly are you a "fan" of?
You gotta work with the players, you cant take the dictatorship role and expect to win SB's. Players aren't taking less to play with the Patriots anymore, those days are gone because players won't play for a team that continues with the take it or leave it attitude. And why should the players take it.. there are teams out there willing to pay a little more to keep their star players. Players that make the team go. The Patriots assigning "value" to players and not budging gets you handfulls of players that are less talented which ends up losing to teams that are more talented because they pay their top players to stay. Things like this sends bad signs to current players and what could be future Pats players. So now we say the Patriots continue to get quantity over quality.
Why, when the Patriots have played hard ball like this before. It's just a spin by the Patriots. It's frustrating on all levels as a fan. They believe it's team over any one player (except TFB) and when they take a stand the don't budge. I find it funny others are believing otherwise. The Pats got butt hurt that Welker didn't sign a contract before last season. It's the strong arm approach tactic they seem to use. They didn't think Welker would leave so they stuck to their guns when all it would have taken was a little more money... respect.
Now they lost their most dependable player and productive player, outside of TFB, due to lack of respect, ego and strong arm tactics. We have seen this before!
So as a "fan" you are frustrated because the Patriots put the team over individual players and play hardball? What exactly are you a "fan" of?
I guess you didn;t hear how they extended Gronk, Hernandez, Mayo, Wilfork and others for long-term generous contracts well before they had to.
Apparently some people on this forum think that it's the Patriots' obligation to pay a player whatever he wants, even when no other team in the league is willing to pay him that much.
Those people don't really understand how any of this works. The Pats weren't willing to put themselves in a position where an agent could work them over. I'm fine with that. It was the right call.
I mean really, they continue to follow the same plan as they did years ago, it doesn't work. Instead of spending some money on a good young safety they go out and get an old vet who probably won't be an every down player. Quantity over Quality, it doesn't work like that anymore. When it counts they lose to teams who are more talented.
I mean really, they continue to follow the same plan as they did years ago, it doesn't work. Instead of spending some money on a good young safety they go out and get an old vet who probably won't be an every down player. Quantity over Quality, it doesn't work like that anymore. When it counts they lose to teams who are more talented.
Tom Jackson after the Patriots cut Lawyer Milloy and lost the opener to Milloy and the Bills 31-0:
"The Patriots , the players HATE their coach".
Rodney Harrison says hello (ask you parents who Rodney Harrison was).