Sign Burns already

[Rocky Davis]

Just now, kungfoodude said:

I don't think you are tracking. If he doesn't sign, we will trade him. AKA sign and trade(the franchise tender).

He has plenty of money, it's very simple to just hold out. We however cannot afford to play some strange dick measuring contest and not get any compensation.

I get you, but he wouldn't want to go 2 years to gain his free agency without getting more money.  That's what it would take if he didn't sign.  Sitting out two years wouldn't sit well with other teams either so he would want to maintain some value and have some tape of what he can do.

I am all for a sign and trade and think if he isn't happy with the tag it is clearly what we need to do. 

 

[kungfoodude]

3 minutes ago, Rocky Davis said:

I get you, but he wouldn't want to go 2 years to gain his free agency without getting more money.  That's what it would take if he didn't sign.  Sitting out two years wouldn't sit well with other teams either so he would want to maintain some value and have some tape of what he can do.

I am all for a sign and trade and think if he isn't happy with the tag it is clearly what we need to do. 

 

Again, I am not sure you are tracking. We would blink. There is zero sense in us not blinking if he doesn't sign. 

By that I mean he would be gone by the 2024 season trade deadline.

The idea of us just making him sit out for two years and not moving him is franchise suicide. It basically makes us free agent poison.