Gettleman Made Nicks an Offer, But Nicks Says, "It Wasn't The Right Situation."

[iamcline]

The amount of people who assume they know the situation and plan of the front office just make me laugh.  I'm very happy with my position sitting back and just watching.  No need in developing an ulcer over something we have no control over.

 

Part of me just wants to see us succeed, then watch all of the folks here eat their words about Gettleman and the Front Office.

 

Silly behavior, but hey, this is the Huddle.  Get out of here with your logic.

[Proudiddy]

Probably intimidated as poo looking at that monolithic shula ran offense.

 

I've wondered how much of Shula's philosophy has affected the process, as far as attracting FAs.  It's hard to imagine many WRs looking for big numbers would want to play in it...  Then again, there should be some that would feel like if they were the #1 WR in this offense, that it would open up by default.

 

Sounds like Nicks just wanted the easy way out...

[mav1234]

Wouldn't be surprised if it was a performance-laden contract that would have allowed Nicks to shine if he wanted and he got scared off a little by the lack of options other than him.

[Ruff]

Gman: We're not looking to win this season.

I think this is exactly the way the conversation went, honestly. Gettleman said something to the sound of "I'll give you your money, but we're not looking to win this season". Nicks: "Then why would I want to be there? I want to try and go to a winning team." Gman: "Then we agree this isn't the best fit for you."

[JJman]

Nicks didn't like the way Smith was treated

 

Nicks did not like Shula's offense

 

Nicks did not want all the pressure of being the only not sorry WR on the team

 

Nicks did not want a multiyear deal

 

Nicks did/does not like Gettleman

 

Nicks does not like someone on the team or coaching staff

 

Nicks felt his best chance of winning came in the AFC South

 

Nicks was more intimidated by the Falcons/Bucs/Saints then the Jags/Texans/Titans

 

Tons of possibilities. Or they all had something to do with it. Really, we probably won't ever know. But what we do know is we have glaring holes at WR, CB, S, and OT.

[stirs]

Maybe our offer was 2 million

[Kuech the Sneak]

The amount of people who assume they know the situation and plan of the front office just make me laugh. I'm very happy with my position sitting back and just watching. No need in developing an ulcer over something we have no control over.

Part of me just wants to see us succeed, then watch all of the folks here eat their words about Gettleman and the Front Office.

Silly behavior, but hey, this is the Huddle. Get out of here with your logic.

My stance the whole time has been to just sit back and watch and not get too worked up over something you have no control over. It's starting to irk me just a little bit though, not panicking though.

[TylerVagyler]

or maybe he just wanted to play for Indy instead?

 

[mav1234]

I think this is exactly the way the conversation went, honestly. Gettleman said something to the sound of "I'll give you your money, but we're not looking to win this season". Nicks: "Then why would I want to be there? I want to try and go to a winning team." Gman: "Then we agree this isn't the best fit for you."

 

uhh nope.

 

sorry.

 

no GM would ever tell a player, "We're not looking to win this season."  That's not how any conversation would go.  The GM would be instantly fired.  Especially coming off a contender like we are.

 

It's certainly possible that is the feeling that Nicks got from the conversation if they talked about other FA targets.

 

But remember what we filled in last year and how we did.  So, I'm not terribly panicked just yet. Waiting for the draft.

 

If we draft RBs and DTs I'm going to kill someone, though.

[Kuech the Sneak]

I think this is exactly the way the conversation went, honestly. Gettleman said something to the sound of "I'll give you your money, but we're not looking to win this season". Nicks: "Then why would I want to be there? I want to try and go to a winning team." Gman: "Then we agree this isn't the best fit for you."

You honestly think our GM said to him "hey, you can sign here but I don't plan on doing much else because I wanna lose games" that's ridiculous

[methodtoll]

Or maybe Gettleman wants to find starters in the draft and Nicks was just going to be a transitional player for a year...

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[Ruff]

uhh nope.

 

sorry.

 

no GM would ever tell a player, "We're not looking to win this season."  That's not how any conversation would go.  The GM would be instantly fired.  Especially coming off a contender like we are.

 

It's certainly possible that is the feeling that Nicks got from the conversation if they talked about other FA targets.

 

But remember what we filled in last year and how we did.  So, I'm not terribly panicked just yet. Waiting for the draft.

 

If we draft RBs and DTs I'm going to kill someone, though.

 

So, let me re-phrase that.

 

"We're a team in transition this year."

 

Feel better?

[Mr. Scot]

That's a change from what the Observer reported last night :lol:

 

Oy :unsure:

[Ruff]

You honestly think our GM said to him "hey, you can sign here but I don't plan on doing much else because I wanna lose games" that's ridiculous

 

Did I say "I wanna lose games" anywhere in my post? Please, go back through it. Read it. Tell me how many times I mentioned I wanna lose games. I'm going to be waiting until next offseason, in case it troubles you too much.

 

What I said was Gettleman could obviously not be focused on winning this year. This is a year to move cap space, draft/play prospects, and get better for the future. If we win, we win. But it's going to come with bumps and bruises.