I mostly agree. The thing that's been in the back of my mind is that every time they go to the negotiating table it seems like it's been a mess, each party is way off on expectations and are unable to meet in the middle. These negotiations tend to end with someone being upset. Plus, he won't be a RFA next time, so there is no guarantee he stays.I’ve asked this before… What contract would you be UNhappy with? Consider term and AAV.
For me, it used to be anything less than eight years. Any realistic AAV was going to be fine with me. Now? Now I’m concerned that the cap hit will be north of reasonable and I’ve become open to the idea of a medium-term contract.
<3 years I will be critical of (unless somehow it’s quite cheap)
And any cap hit that necessitates moving a player or running a skeleton crew to make the cap work this season.
Anything inside of those parameters, I should be happy with. Should be.
Because of that, I loathe the idea of another negotiation in 3-4 years.