Issues with Ratliff

[Shinywalrus]

Hands are tied on this. With Brent out and that contract, cutting or trading would be devastating.

Really tough situation.

 

[Eskimo]

OurGM has given out some truly awful contracts but this one is up there.

90% of the zone thought it was a great idea at the time.

I won`t bump the thread because we`re not allowed to do so but rest assured the dissenters were shouted down in the thread and ridiculed.

I pointed out at the time that this was Larry Allen part 2. We gave a huge contract to a vet coming off a down year 2 years before his deal was up just as he was turning 30. We were paying for past performance and losing sight of future performance. All the signs were on the wall that this was going to be a bad contract and regardless was being negotiated a year early. And what thanks does Jerry get for rewarding Rat when no other GM in the league would have been dumb enough to do - he gets threatened in the locker room.

Rat is a has-been thug. He can`t play the game anymore. We should trade him for whatever we can get and hope someone else will take on the remainder of the guaranteed part of the deal and eat the cap hit and move on as a team.