mojomarc wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
I couldn't disagree more. Rudy isn't a college player where you draft him and it is automatic he will come, but a professional player getting paid more to play than we can offer him. We are asking him to both take a pay cut and to come to a foreign culture on top of that. Then, to add to the risk factor, you have one of his better friends sitting on our bench getting strangled by Nate. If he weren't worried about this, I would consider him mentally imbalanced. He is simply being forthright in evaluating the risks involved in the situation, and saying that by doing so he is exhibiting (potentially) a "piss poor" attitude is pretty darned callous if not arrogant. It's not like he ever has to come here, and treating this like he not only has an obligation to come but on top of it also has an obligation to keep his concerns about it to himself for fear of not fitting in is extreme.
If he as as proven as everyone says (I'm not saying they're wrong) then he shouldn't be worried about minutes simply because Sergio doesn't get many. If he is as good as advertised, I would think it should be Jack who is worried about minutes if anybody. PT should be the least of his concerns.