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Skinsfanatic · 03-08-2005, 10:23 PM

I disagree with the idea that we are finally acting like an NFL franchise. I was not (and did not in any way) suggesting that we should have signed every big name free agent. My point is we couldn't even try hard enough to keep our own players because we went with a knee jerk reaction on Coles. There is no way in the world that you can convince me that sending away a player after picking up the tab for another player who is not as good (even if he is "explosive") and who will require his own new contract was a good decision. Coles could have SAT ON THE BENCH or he could have toughed it out and played. And the money we threw away to get rid of him could have been used to make slight raises in our contract offers to both Pierce and Smoot to keep our defense intact. Look back at the situation with Sean Gilbert. He was a cancer. So he sat. We didn't give him away, we let him stew until we got a deal that was beneficial to us. That made sense. To me, this is like the Raptors letting Mourning decide he didn't want to play for them or Gary Payton deciding he didn't want to be a Hawk. However, the big difference is, we payed full price to let him go and now we are suffering because of it.

And I really don't agree with this whole idea that we are showing financial responsibility even if you don't take into account the Coles situation. The reason we haven't spent big bucks is probably because we don't have them. Brunell is bringing in the big bucks riding the pine because we couldn't control ourselves when the chance to bring him in. If we are so fiscally responsible now, why couldn't we have kept that draft pick and saved all that money and gone with Ramsey from the start. We can't spend money this year because Trotter is sitting in Philly counting his bonus check we gave him so we could release him last year.

C'mon. Everyone on this board knows Rabauch and Patton were good signings and that they show what a free agent signing should represent: good value. But don't kid yourself. The reason that we have not spend more is the same reason I can't afford to go out and replace a jersey everytime we give away a player, because we have no money.

So, have we made smart decisions with the money we have had this offseason? Consider it this way. There is no extension in place with Moss at this point, so our offseason essentially goes like this:

Rabauch: GOOD
Patton: GOOD
Smoot: GONE
Pierce: GONE
Moss: 1yr/7 million dollar contract.

On the whole, not that great.

P.S. I am not a hater or a fair weather fan. I love the Redskins through and through. But sometimes decisions that are made are bad.

03-08-2005, 10:23 PM	#7
Skinsfanatic The Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,386	Re: Principles I disagree with the idea that we are finally acting like an NFL franchise. I was not (and did not in any way) suggesting that we should have signed every big name free agent. My point is we couldn't even try hard enough to keep our own players because we went with a knee jerk reaction on Coles. There is no way in the world that you can convince me that sending away a player after picking up the tab for another player who is not as good (even if he is "explosive") and who will require his own new contract was a good decision. Coles could have SAT ON THE BENCH or he could have toughed it out and played. And the money we threw away to get rid of him could have been used to make slight raises in our contract offers to both Pierce and Smoot to keep our defense intact. Look back at the situation with Sean Gilbert. He was a cancer. So he sat. We didn't give him away, we let him stew until we got a deal that was beneficial to us. That made sense. To me, this is like the Raptors letting Mourning decide he didn't want to play for them or Gary Payton deciding he didn't want to be a Hawk. However, the big difference is, we payed full price to let him go and now we are suffering because of it. And I really don't agree with this whole idea that we are showing financial responsibility even if you don't take into account the Coles situation. The reason we haven't spent big bucks is probably because we don't have them. Brunell is bringing in the big bucks riding the pine because we couldn't control ourselves when the chance to bring him in. If we are so fiscally responsible now, why couldn't we have kept that draft pick and saved all that money and gone with Ramsey from the start. We can't spend money this year because Trotter is sitting in Philly counting his bonus check we gave him so we could release him last year. C'mon. Everyone on this board knows Rabauch and Patton were good signings and that they show what a free agent signing should represent: good value. But don't kid yourself. The reason that we have not spend more is the same reason I can't afford to go out and replace a jersey everytime we give away a player, because we have no money. So, have we made smart decisions with the money we have had this offseason? Consider it this way. There is no extension in place with Moss at this point, so our offseason essentially goes like this: Rabauch: GOOD Patton: GOOD Smoot: GONE Pierce: GONE Moss: 1yr/7 million dollar contract. On the whole, not that great. P.S. I am not a hater or a fair weather fan. I love the Redskins through and through. But sometimes decisions that are made are bad.