Quote Originally Posted by Bretsky View Post
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.
Yes, you stated the facts correctly. The question is, was Gutekunst justified in asking him to take the cut, and should Jones have been open to doing so? I'd say yes based on age and injury status. A lot of big contracts are intended from the start to either be restructured or decreased or just terminated when the big money years come around.