Post by CTGiant on Mar 1, 2023 12:53:13 GMT -5
Why would Barkley agree to a sign and trade scenario? If the Giants are not going to pay him he will want to hit the market. Then he decides where he goes and how much he gets.
Also the Giants would most likely receive a compensatory pick for Barkley signing elsewhere, so it’s not letting him leave for nothing.
I'm just saying CT, if you overpay him a bit, you can take solace in the fact that you can always ask him to take a pay cut later if need be, or else trade him if you want to. And f he doesn't like it, well he did it to himself by squeezing too hard for every penny.
Same can be said for any good player.
Who knows what the future holds. Maybe they sign him and then come draft time somebody calls with a crazy offer. carrier things have happened. But if you let him walk, you have no asset and no player AND you have to use a high pick to replace him.
a late third round pick is Possible as a comp pick but not guaranteed and a late third doesn't really move the needle for me for a player of SB caliber.
Plyers are assets and assists have a value. That is all I'm saying.
If the business decision is that he NYG reputation of doing right by players is more important in the long run, then fine. If they think that is what attracts good FAs to come to the NYG. Fine. But the whole idea of just letting good players walk without a return on investment makes no sense to me.
In my mind it is a GM's job to think through these things. When we hear our GM is thinking of just letting SB walk, without being compensated properly for losing him, it is concerning.
What kind of reputation are you establishing as a GM and franchise if you sign a player to trade him away a month later? Why would any player want to sign with the Giants after that? If Barkley gets arrested or publicly asks to be traded it’s one thing but to sign him to a deal requires good faith on that deal. Trading him after that just so you can get something back is short sighted to say the least. The time for trading Barkley was in October. Once the trade deadline passed, the options are to sign him, tag him or let him walk.