I am rather tired of the this is Tom's team, and they should have signed him and paid him whatever he wanted. He is old, has at most 2 or three years left, played well, but not amazingly last year, and has moved on. From afar, he didn't seem to be spending as much time mentoring the younger players as he had, he stopped going to the non mandatory stuff, and seemed to not be enjoying himself as much. At some point you just have to rip the band aid off. I would have much rather had him retire here, but his ego, and probably business interests led him to another team. I am rather dissapointed with that decision, but I understand it, and do not fault him at all.