I cannot understand everyone just assuming Poles is to blame if JJ gets traded. 50% of a negotiation is the player, and we have no idea what Jaylon is asking for that Poles is saying no to.
I’m not saying it’s not Poles’ fault, but there’s a lot of assumptions being made.
If Jaylon is demanding a market-setting contract, everyone is ok with Poles driving a dump truck full of cash up to Jaylon’s front door? I’m not. We’ve seen what happens when we have an undisciplined moron at GM.
The other side of this is that he’s homegrown talent, has expressed a desire to be here (until now, apparently), and is a great corner. If we’re not going to pay him, what’s the incentive for others to stick around? This team is flush with cash and does not need to create any more holes. You’d essentially be banking on one of these young corners panning out and/or signing an additional corner for potentially not much less than what he gets (see: Roquan).
I get not being wild with spending - but he’s a great talent and shipping him off just creates another hole on a team filled with needs, all for what? Some mid-round picks?
I cannot understand everyone just assuming Poles is to blame if JJ gets traded. 50% of a negotiation is the player, and we have no idea what Jaylon is asking for that Poles is saying no to.
I’m not saying it’s not Poles’ fault, but there’s a lot of assumptions being made.
If Jaylon is demanding a market-setting contract, everyone is ok with Poles driving a dump truck full of cash up to Jaylon’s front door? I’m not. We’ve seen what happens when we have an undisciplined moron at GM.
The other side of this is that he’s homegrown talent, has expressed a desire to be here (until now, apparently), and is a great corner. If we’re not going to pay him, what’s the incentive for others to stick around? This team is flush with cash and does not need to create any more holes. You’d essentially be banking on one of these young corners panning out and/or signing an additional corner for potentially not much less than what he gets (see: Roquan).
I get not being wild with spending - but he’s a great talent and shipping him off just creates another hole on a team filled with needs, all for what? Some mid-round picks?