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I hope the text said: "It's not inconceivable that I may remain with the Dolphins"

The image of that just cracks me up. Good info.

 

Jesus... for a guy who was marooned with the garbage Lions for years, then endured 1-15... and was supported by this regime through a tough family time...

PLUS him being a guy who spent the entire last half of the year saying how wonderful life felt to finally be on a winning team, how redeeming, how special...

And this *** would chase money to a crappy team?

Some people really hate themselves, don't they? He just hasn't learned a bloody thing from his experiences.

Bye Andre. I'm disappointed in you, and not for your play on the football field, just the field of life.

 

If he wants to go, then let him go. Pretty sure the FO have an idea of who they want to go after, via trade,FA or draft. Not worried about this one at all.

 

He is not gone yet bro.

 

If it's true he's more interested in Cleveland and is saying it's inconceivable to return to the Dolphins, then I don't want him back. Don't like the attitude.

Let him go cash his chips elsewhere.

 

I'd rather maker a push to sign Ron Bartell in Free Agency.

Otherwise, I'd go with Utah's Sean Smith.

Both have size, can hit, and are very fluid, with good ball skills.

Everything I dream of in a CB.

 

Re-read it: the sports writer, paraphrasing, says the text said "it's not inconceivable that [he'd] return to the Dolphins".

I bet he's going to touch back with Miami with whatever offers he gets.

 

BIG BIG BIG difference.


So... let's edit the response to fit the edited reprt.

So eloquently put.

 

Let it go man, back away from the Goodman news. Go get a nice cold one and relax.LMAO

 

Well, let's get someone in here, all we have to show for this FA is a Berger.

I know we re-signed our guys and got G.Wilson, but damn we aren't doing anything right now.

I'm just impatient and tired of seeing other teams signing guys right now.

But, that's just me.

 

I think you're confusing football with life.

Winning is great and every athlete would love to be on a winning team.

However, football is a notoriously violent sport with no guaranteed contracts and the shortest average playing career of any major sport.

Andre Goodman will be 31 at the start of next season. This is probably his last decent contract if not last contract period.

I don't know Goodman's educational or experiential background in regards to his ability to earn a 7 figure salary post football. I will not insult him by intimating that he cannot make such money. However, looking at most regular football players the decision to chase the highest contract makes perfect sense.

Most of these guys do not have college degrees. They have been making about 40-50% of whatever amount you hear in the media because of taxes, agent fees etc. Generally they come from impoverished backgrounds where they need to provide for many family members. Additionally they usually don't have great knowledge of investments (see M. Vick). They must maintain a certain standard of living while playing which tends to cost alot. So by the time a player reaches 30, if they have not been a superstar making $10M+ per season, they don't actually have a whole lot of money saved up. And the money they have might need to last them the rest of their lives.

So while the fun thing to do might be to take a discount and play for a winner, the responsible thing to do is sometimes realize this is a job and take the most you can get while you can get it. When he's 37 and out of football he can spend his extra millions playing fun games of football with friends. But not knowing his financial situation or his post football plans, I wouldn't judge him or hold anything against him for taking care of his family's future first.

Having said that, I hope selfishly the market is a bit weaker than he expected and our offer becomes financially competitive with what he is finding in the open market so he can return here to get his money and help our team win.

 

Goodman signed with the Broncos. wish him luck. hopefully the front office has someone in mind

 

I understand and agree with 90% of what you're saying.

Where we differ is that I think how you live your life has to include the thing you spend more time on in your life than any other single thing: your career.

The values you have as a person are reflected in the values you have as a professional. I wouldn;t want it any other way.

I don't put a lot of stock in the corporate mentality that says you become disconnected from your personal beliefs in a job. How about doing your job in a way that's motivated and inspired by your personal beliefs?

To me a person has to know who they are, and live it with consistency in all areas of their life.

So, on that basis, I admire players like Zach Thomas, who, on principle, refused to play for the Patriots because it would have felt disloyal. That consideration was important enough that he didn;t care what their offer would be. That's worth respecting.

 

I wish we could find out how much the Dolphins offered Andre, to see how much the difference was. Perhaps the Dolphins lowballed him badly and he felt insulted? Who knows.

Either way, I'm ready for Ron Bartell. -crosses his fingers-

 

I'd be surprised if he's a top 15 pick, despite how good he is. His size is a concern for teams.

 

Haha, yeah.

Top fifteen talent? Probably. Top fifteen pick? Probably not.

JMO.

 

He's a Bronco Damnit! http://blogs.nfl.com/2009/03/01/broncos-give-ex-dolphins-cb-goodman-five-year-deal/

 

Big loss IMO, Goodman was a great corner in our late stretch of the season last year. Now we gotta fill his void in the draft.