DazedandConfused Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 I think the answer for the Bills is embodied in TO's 1 year contract. This is the key question for the Bills but the length of the contract means the answer is really who cares from a Bills perspective. Will TO pop a gasket and eventually go to war with the Bills FO? Yep, almost certainly. However, the real danger when a player does this is actually not in his first year. After a player has been a success for a team and earned lots of allies and rooters in the locker room and among the fan base with a year or more of great play, only then can he become a true cancer who infects all who love him with his bad attitude. Terrell was a cancer in SF and Philly and Big D not simply because he had a bad attitude (he was a jerk) buy because this jerk had built up friendships and good feelings among some with his outstanding play that he made players choose sides between TO and Garcia, TO and McNabb and TO and Romo. If he implodes next year with the Bills, then we spent $6 million in cap room (which we have tons of this year) and we do not resign him or even cut him during 09 if he is a jerk. We are in the same position which we actually had some chance that we would go into this season with that would be looking for Hardy to develop like a #2 choice should or we would be hoping Johnson develops like he showed hints of at the end of last season. The only tough decision with TO would come next off-season if he proved to be such a stud on the field in 09 that we had trouble signing him as an FA after an outstanding year. This is a problem this Bills fan would not mind having at all. If TO throws a hissy fit at all this season, then cut his butt or simply ask him not to let the door hit him on the way out.
DazedandConfused Posted March 8, 2009 Author Posted March 8, 2009 training camp If he does, that fine, we cut his butt as he will not have won enough allegiance of teammates or Bills fan to be seen as anything more as a disease. He cannot become a cancer until he builds up enough good will that he splits his teammates and fans. If he is gonna implode I hope it is in training camp, it will cost Ralph dollars but we still will have tons of cap room, but it will not poison the team unless he produces enough this coming season that we want to resign him next year. If that is the problem i will welcome it.
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