07-31-2010, 11:09 PM
<!--quoteo(post=109177:date=Jul 31 2010, 10:02 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Jul 31 2010, 10:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Man, I feel like a broken record. Samardzija's NTC is quite possibly the MOST justifiable one Hendry gave out. Samardzija had an enormous amount of leverage when we picked him. He could get selected in the first round of the NFL draft. In order to negate that leverage, Hendry had to overpay him, AND give him the NTC. That's just how it is. It's rather unremarkable.
As an aside, who the fuck cares if he has an NTC? Why in God's name would we be trying to trade him? He sucks, so trading him now would be asinine, as you'd be trading him at his low point. If he got really really good, we wouldn't want to trade him, as the Cubs will still have control over him for a few years.
If we were good, AND shark was good, AND another team wanted him AND he was the the lone thing standing between us and getting a guy who could put us over the top, then I could understand us cursing his NTC. None of those things are happening.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So this whole thing of yours has been a gag all along?
As an aside, who the fuck cares if he has an NTC? Why in God's name would we be trying to trade him? He sucks, so trading him now would be asinine, as you'd be trading him at his low point. If he got really really good, we wouldn't want to trade him, as the Cubs will still have control over him for a few years.
If we were good, AND shark was good, AND another team wanted him AND he was the the lone thing standing between us and getting a guy who could put us over the top, then I could understand us cursing his NTC. None of those things are happening.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So this whole thing of yours has been a gag all along?