Quote Originally Posted by texaspackerbacker View Post
If he was still here, I still would. It sounds like he dug in his heels and refused to take a pay cut which would have amounted to about the same he is getting from the enemy, so fuck him, he chose to leave and chose to sign with the enemy. Furthermore, it seems like a strong chance the new guy will be as good or better for quite a few more years. So probably, good signing and net good all the way around.

Dug in his heels? First off, he had a contract. Secondly, he was unwilling to take a slightly over 50% hair cut off his base (after he took a pay reduction last year). Gutebag asking him to go from a base of roughly 11MIL to 5.5 MIL is pretty out there. Can hardly blame him for saying no to that.