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Originally Posted by Mattyk72
Pierce especially gave the impression that he really did not want to leave, but in the end he left over a deal that gave him more up front money. I think it was more of a difference than just a few hundred thousand because of the way the contract was structured.
Smoot and Pierce both left over money, not the direction the team was going in.
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I can buy that it had to do with the structure of the contract, but the way Snyder does contracts is also a reflection on the organization. He backloads a contract, and puts the bulk of the money in the last two or three years, and cuts the player before they get to those years of the contract(which is about to happen to LaVar). If I were Antonio Pierce, and the Giants offered me the same contract, but the bulk of the money was up front, I'd laugh in Snyders face too.