What If: Could Ted Have Kept Wahle, McKenzie and Walker?

[Scott Campbell]

Pretend for a moment that Ted was the GM for the last 7 years. (Here come some groans)

Could Ted have kept Wahle, McKenzie and Walker if he had the same cap flexibility that exists today, rather than the razor thin margin under Sherman's regime?

[MJZiggy]

Is TT the one who WROTE their contracts??

[Bretsky]

Re: What If: Could Ted Have Kept Wahle, McKenzie and Walker

Pretend for a moment that Ted was the GM for the last 7 years. (Here come some groans)

Could Ted have kept Wahle, McKenzie and Walker if he had the same cap flexibility that exists today, rather than the razor thin margin under Sherman's regime?

Now that is too funny

To bring some logic into the mix

1. Ron Wolf had to give up a 2nd round draft pick to take Mike Wahle in the supplemental draft; think TT would have did that ??

2. Mike Sherman traded UP to get Javon Walker

yes, that's right...."up"

Think TT would have given up a draft pick to do that ?

IMO we'd for sure have never had Walker and probably not Wahle either.
But I guess if you want to start the juices flowing again with this thread IMO you've done a good job.

B

[packinpatland]

This is way too big of a 'what if'.

[Scott Campbell]

Is TT the one who WROTE their contracts??

I don't understand the question - can you expand?

[Bretsky]

Is TT the one who WROTE their contracts??

do you really not know the answer to this question ????????????????????????

[Scott Campbell]

This is way too big of a 'what if'.

Maybe, but not so big if you see a pattern forming.

[Scott Campbell]

Is TT the one who WROTE their contracts??

do you really not know the answer to this question ????????????????????????

I think Andy Brandt actually writes the contracts, sometimes in conjunction with the agent, but the GM frames the terms.

[Bretsky]

wonder if we'd have ever won a Super Bowl with TT as a GM ???//


WOULD HE GIVE UP A FIRST ROUND PICK FOR A SECOND FROM THE YEAR BEFORE ?

WOULD HE BE BOLD ENOUGH TO SIGN REGGIE WHITE TO THE LARGEST DL CONTRACT IN THE NFL ?

[The Leaper]

Well, to be honest...

I think there is a question here that DOES beg asking.

If Thompson had worked hard at keeping Walker in town, rather than ignoring his demand to talk about his contract, where would we be now? This team would be markedly better with Walker on the roster...and with $9M in cap space, we certainly could've afforded it.

[Scott Campbell]

wonder if we'd have ever won a Super Bowl with TT as a GM ???//


WOULD HE GIVE UP A FIRST ROUND PICK FOR A SECOND FROM THE YEAR BEFORE ?

WOULD HE BE BOLD ENOUGH TO SIGN REGGIE WHITE TO THE LARGEST DL CONTRACT IN THE NFL ?

Not sure. And it's not the subject of this thread.

[Bretsky]

Well, to be honest...

I think there is a question here that DOES beg asking.

If Thompson had worked hard at keeping Walker in town, rather than ignoring his demand to talk about his contract, where would we be now? This team would be markedly better with Walker on the roster...and with $9M in cap space, we certainly could've afforded it.

[MJZiggy]

Is TT the one who WROTE their contracts??

do you really not know the answer to this question ????????????????????????

Hypothetically. I'm asking if TT is the GM under whom the contract was originated because if TT wrote it or signed off on it, there's no way it is written the way it was.

[Bretsky]

Is TT the one who WROTE their contracts??

do you really not know the answer to this question ????????????????????????

Hypothetically. I'm asking if TT is the GM under whom the contract was originated because if TT wrote it or signed off on it, there's no way it is written the way it was.

I'm sure you knew these were well before Turtle Time

[Scott Campbell]

Well, to be honest...

I think there is a question here that DOES beg asking.

If Thompson had worked hard at keeping Walker in town, rather than ignoring his demand to talk about his contract, where would we be now? This team would be markedly better with Walker on the roster...and with $9M in cap space, we certainly could've afforded it.

I'm asking the same thing, though in a different way. If Thompson had today's cap flexibility on Day 1 of his job, would he have behaved differently than he did given the cap mess he inherited from Sherman?