Stash
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Oh, I see now.
You're saying had they dropped Berry any earlier, then that would have cost them money. You know, because dropping a player costs you money, and makes it more difficult to fit other players under the cap.
So, they had to wait until they committed to more money before they could afford to pay Berry less money.
Makes total sense.
Where did anyone say any such thing? You're resorting to outright lies now?
Silly me for thinking it might be a choice between keeping Berry and seeing if they could find a player they felt better about on the market before the 3/15 deadline, but waiting until they did.
That's exactly what I'm saying they did. The fact is that they got out of his deal as soon as possible. They actually agree to a deal with Matthieu BEFORE the true start of free agency, so they had the move already on place. What part of this continues to escape you?
Yeah, I'm the fabricator. I'm the foolish one. And for that matter, yeah, ***I'm*** the one who, when he learns he was wrong ***isn't man enough*** to back down and say so. (How ironic that you evidently refuse to even acknowledge that you missed something while you were pounding your chest about me missing something... or, did you also miss that?... you're replying to everything else I said except that post, and unlike you apparently, I make a conscious attempt not to presume.)
Yes, among our back and forth, I missed that post. It likely occurred as I was responding to another of yours. Kudos for admitting your claim was incorrect.
Honestly, you're welcome to say it could be a bad idea to sign Berry. That's a defensible opinion.
What isn't defensible is pretending that all that matters is what you, a common fan, know about the situation, and that there is no professional opinions that might matter.
You can defend being cautious and reflecting on the history as a basis for that. I'm not sure anyone even disagrees with that... surely not I.
But you cannot defend refusing to acknowledge that there might be other current information that could come to the table that could be compelling.... you're being irrational to pretend to know that what you don't know (and none of us do, it's not just you) is somehow immaterial.
I'm not pretending to be a doctor. I'm also not pretending that doctors are infallible the way you want to. As I mentioned, these doctors couldn't get Tyron Smith's back right, and the can't keep Sean Lee on the field. So you can place whatever faith in them that you like, and I will rely on facts and what has actually happened vs a prediction.
Tying that thought and the previous one together... I back down when I'm wrong. It's happens every now and then. Have you ever?
Is this a "right or wrong" scenario for you?
Because I see an opinion question where you either think it's a good idea to sign a guy who has played 3 game since in two years or you think it's a bad one.