SupremeTeam16
5-14-6-1
Well in racing it’s sportsmanship but it’s business too and without a level of mutual respect and understanding in certain situations, it can put everyone in an uncomfortable position.It's standard procedure until it isn't though. This is the first real bump year post covid so the risk element was heightened. Fact it was talked about pre-free agency by the GM who laid the stink bomb was enough to raise antennas.
Every GM is going to feel different if they are the hunter or the prey. The old way or we've always done it this way approach to business has just been smoked. What I view favourably as a modern, creative thinking management group has just learned this hard reality.
Your example if I follow this is sportsmanship but what we're talking about here is business and business conducted within the bounds of agreed acceptance by all involved.
If Jackson comes out and says yeah he got one over on us but we’ll look to do the same in the future. When Neighbors is an rfa next year do you think his agent is going to be in a hurry to sign a fair market deal? Or is he going to wait until free agency to see if an offer sheet comes? Jackson wouldn’t even have to necessarily tender an offer sheet the threat alone would be enough for Neighbors agent to use as leverage in negotiations to squeeze Armstrong. It could also screw up Armstrong by jamming up his summer if an offer sheet threat and an agent holding out means he’s unsure what he’s going to have to have earmarked.