"PACKER POISED FOR FREE AGENT PURSUITS

[Bossman641]

i'm on the record as saying he might be at the most a slight upgrade over cook

turns out he was a massive downgrade. and what really sucks is that cook really wanted to stay here and would have been cheaper

Not so sure on cook being cheaper. Pretty sure him and his agent misjudged the market.

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Not so sure on cook being cheaper. Pretty sure him and his agent misjudged the market.

packers offered cook a 6 million a year incentive laden contract, and pulled it off the table when they gave bennett 7 per year with no funny money

cook signed for 5.3 per year with oakland

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packers offered cook a 6 million a year incentive laden contract, and pulled it off the table when they gave bennett 7 per year with no funny money

cook signed for 5.3 per year with oakland

Did Cook agree to the $6 mil per year deal? Why did he take less?

[Bossman641]

Did Cook agree to the $6 mil per year deal? Why did he take less?

There was an article a few weeks ago basically saying Packers thought they had an agreement with Cook and Cook's agent came back asking for more last minute. Cook's side is of course saying otherwise. One of those nobody really knows type of deals.

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Did Cook agree to the $6 mil per year deal? Why did he take less?

cook says he never turned down the deal

they were in the middle of tough negotiations, the team put the 6 million a year on the table, and then all of a sudden out of nowhere, on the same morning, throw bennett for 7 million a year

i don't know if the offer then got pulled, or cook told the team to fuck off after they were fighting him so hard over every dime, just to turn around in a matter of minutes or hours and give a guy from another team everything he wanted, no questions asked

btw, reading some of the old articles, a-rod wanted cook back bad

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cook says he never turned down the deal

they were in the middle of tough negotiations, the team put the 6 million a year on the table, and then all of a sudden out of nowhere, on the same morning, throw bennett for 7 million a year

i don't know if the offer then got pulled, or cook told the team to fuck off after they were fighting him so hard over every dime, just to turn around in a matter of minutes or hours and give a guy from another team everything he wanted, no questions asked

btw, reading some of the old articles, a-rod wanted cook back bad

The Packers thought they had a deal. The agent walked away with the offer and said we will think about it.

That usually means they will shop it. And the Packers went out and signed Bennett. The fact that Cook then got less kinda establishes that they misjudged their market. Packers did not want a bidding war and there were other options.

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The Packers thought they had a deal. The agent walked away with the offer and said we will think about it.

That usually means they will shop it. And the Packers went out and signed Bennett. The fact that Cook then got less kinda establishes that they misjudged their market. Packers did not want a bidding war and there were other options.

so, the team waited all of one night to see if they would sign?

because they had bennett signed right away the next morning

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so, the team waited all of one night to see if they would sign?

because they had bennett signed right away the next morning

Snooze you lose.

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so, the team waited all of one night to see if they would sign?

because they had bennett signed right away the next morning

How long exactly should they wait after offering a very fair deal to a guy who decides he wants to see if a cuter girl will make him a better offer?

Generally speaking, if a guy shops your deal to 31 other teams, one will be dumb enough to offer him better.

[Bossman641]

The Packers thought they had a deal. The agent walked away with the offer and said we will think about it.

That usually means they will shop it. And the Packers went out and signed Bennett. The fact that Cook then got less kinda establishes that they misjudged their market. Packers did not want a bidding war and there were other options.

That's how it appears to me as well.