Derrick Dockery:

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by #56fanatic

i do agree, no way I would have paid him that amount of money. I just dont think I should have come down to him hitting the FA market.

I agree with 56fanatic - had we done the right thing and given Doc an extension when he had a year left on his contract, we would have saved a ton of money and kept a core guy just entering his prime. We just did exactly that with Cooley's extension, so I hope we continue the trend with Taylor and others that we hope to retain. The only time we should allow a solid core player get to free agency again is if we have no intention of keeping him.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by SouperMeister

I agree with 56fanatic - had we done the right thing and given Doc an extension when he had a year left on his contract, we would have saved a ton of money and kept a core guy just entering his prime. We just did exactly that with Cooley's extension, so I hope we continue the trend with Taylor and others that we hope to retain. The only time we should allow a solid core player get to free agency again is if we have no intention of keeping him.

In hindsight, it might have been a good idea to lock him up a year before his contract was up. However, he was always the weak link on our line IMO and I wasn't sure in 2005 if he deserved an extension. It certainly would have been good to have locked up Pierce before his contract expired.