Theres a good chance the contract is back loaded, could very well be about 3/year on average, or possibly even less. Say 4 million up front with 1.5 and 2 in the first two years.
I think players have the largest choice of where they are going and in what order they are going to visit teams. I won't say we didn't have a chance, but I suspect he knew where he wanted to go from the start. Maybe if we made a harder push at him, maybe he would have changed his plans or maybe not.
I do think we've made some moves that make sense so far. They aren't the sexy moves we all want, but none of them have been stupid ones, or even questionable ones. Are we done? Probably not.