emunney wrote:GHOSTofSIKMA wrote:MartyConlonOnTheRun wrote:Again you are comparing it to something that doesn't exist in the real world. If you really want to go down that route. Despite his high salary, he is just player. He doesn't have decision-making powers. He is trying to use any leverage he has but at the end of the day it isnt his call. I see it all the time for higher up where if their projects dont get the resources or funding, they make it clear they wont stick around to watch something fail. Hell, even my wife made a comment to her boss and peers last month where she questioned if it is worth sticking for a project that is getting phased out.
Sports are just so f-ing weird and fans have weird loyalty expectations. We trade Jrue Holiday (you know the guy that was just here for 3 years) and there was bunch of sob stories from fans how bad they felt for him but no one mentions the other guy that was starting for us a couple years that got shipped out as a stray from that trade. At the end of the day, these guys are all mercenaries. i don't think any of those guys really follow this all that much. You think Gary Trent is freaking out if we trade Giannis? Maybe a little in that a significant part of his next contract is dependent on a deep playoff run. Basically only Kuz (who will try trading in a second), Turner (who just got here) and Bobby (Who we have tried trading multiple times) are on long-term deals. BASICALLY EVERYONE ON THIS WHOLE ROSTER IS "Well I'm committed to this team this year, but I could look elsewhere in 7 months" Name me one player on the team that expects to be here next year for sure. I just don't buy this has any impact on the guys competing this year.
if anybody anywhere is in a leadership position taking money for an organization talking about how they arent going to stick around while it fails then they are a crap employee. that includes your wife if shes still cashing her check and talking that way out loud to those around her. if its just you thats different
if you want to use the term mercenary and make this more like a military example that makes my case stronger. there have been many leaders thru mankinds history that took mercenary armies against incredible odds where they literally gave their life to a cause and ....for money. id like to think for 120 million the next two years that giannis would be that kind of leader for this team. not this other thing hes prancing out. he literally thru the guy signing his checks directly under the bus. the owner says giannis is committed and giannis says he doesnt recall ever saying that? its gross. its literally **** gross
I'm not sure if your premise is accurate or not here, but I do know that nobody's sticking a dozen microphones in front of a Triple Canopy guy's face every day asking him about the Navy. If they did, you might get some musing from time to time.
I think people are reading way too much into the specifics of everything Giannis said here. He said he's here and he's locked in, and he said he doesn't know how he's going to feel in the future. The first part is good to hear and the second part is true for literally anybody who's honest with themselves, if a bit impolitic to say out loud. Like you don't start your wedding vows with, "So here's how I feel RIGHT NOW..."
But that's kind of the point. This isn't a union for life and that's by design. It's a union for as long as it's working. We want him to say he's here forever but saying that wouldn't make it true. So we're left with the same situation we had before: we hope it keeps working.
his family just checked out of wisconsin and he made the public statement that our owner has a weird memory...he needs to elaborate...in a good way....instead of the bad
you know how highly i think of your wisdom as it relates to this team. yours is greater than mine. but in this case im not wrong old wise friend
