nuposse04 wrote:I found the WT news that Rubios camp being "upset" at Khans' firing to be a bit unsettling... I wonder, if EG was actually fired...Would Wall actually be disgruntled with the organization? Or is he competent enough to realize one of the reasons his growth was stunted was the terrible culture EG had built and taken so long to overcome.
This notion of a disgruntled Wall fleeing the organization keeps coming up. Forget it. It's absolutely not going to happen. I guarantee Wall stays with the franchise at least for another 4 or 5 years.
If Wall wanted to leave Washington, he would have to first accept the QO offer of $9.7M. He would then become a free agent and would need to sign a new 3-year deal starting at the max. The team he signed with would have to be far under the cap (limiting his options) and they could only offer 4.5% raises. In a best-case scenario, his total salary over those 4 years (the QO year plus the 3-year contract) would be $51.6M. And of course, that assumes he doesn't get hurt or regress in his QO year and sabotage his value.
If he stays with Washington, Washington will give him, at the very least, a 4-year deal worth the max with 7.5% raises. During those 4 years, he would earn $61.0M while be assured of being on a team that has a few other good players (Beal, Nene, probably Webster, 2013 draft pick, 2014 max free agent or at least Okafor and spare parts). He'll get the security of a long-term deal with no risk that injury will tank his value. And he'll maintain a more positive image which is good for marketing image.
Wall is not going to take a $10M pay cut, increase his injury risk, and damage his marketing image just because he's a little "disgruntled" because EG got fired (or because we didn't add a veteran this summer, or whatever other minor issue people want to bring up). There is absolutely no reason to be concerned at all. None.
