Re: Arrington vs. Taylor: Who's the bigger "problem"?
This discussion actually makes me ill...considering the way both guys seem to be heading makes me want to bury my head in the sand and simply avoid even thinking about it. Neither situation gives me much hope. I think my biggest issue isn't so much with the players as much as it is with the front office. I have said, and believe, that every team has stuff like this but it seems like it is the Skins' propensity to make a situation worse than it needs to be. Arrington was just spouting off in anger and frustration over the injury so I can excuse it but this thing with Taylor couls so easily be fixed. He has a legitimate reason to be pissed. Not at the Skins mind you but at his agent for getting him a deal that was below value. Of course if he hadn't jumped from agent to agent like it was hop-scotch then maybe he wouldn't have gotten himself into this mess so ultimately it is his fault. But aside from that, his deal is below market value. The Skins could make this real simple and bring up the contract to between the contracts for 4 and 6 from last year. it would cost very little in the end and probably make him happy. They would look like good guys and everything could be just fine and dandy. I understand that they have a contract and don't want to move from it but for the sake of ease just up the deal and move on. I mean it couldn't possibly cost tehm much. Get him in camp and start working on improving his attitude towards the team and game. He needs to mature and the best way for the Skins to have that happen is to keep him as close as possible so they can hopefully shape him into a guy who'd do anything to help the team out.
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