When will Michael Crabtree be signed?

Originally posted by King49er:
another 2 or 3 weeks

we said that 2-3 weeks ago

never

Originally posted by backontop:

Originally posted by King49er:
another 2 or 3 weeks

we said that 2-3 weeks ago

good for you guys

Originally posted by King49er:

Originally posted by backontop:

Originally posted by King49er:
another 2 or 3 weeks

we said that 2-3 weeks ago

good for you guys

calm down there tiger

Oooohhh!! Eugene Parker!!!!

Originally posted by backontop:

Originally posted by King49er:

Originally posted by backontop:

Originally posted by King49er:
another 2 or 3 weeks

we said that 2-3 weeks ago

good for you guys

calm down there tiger

you said "we", I was not apart of that "we", therefor, good for you guys lol

Michael Who?

Originally posted by BigMar:
Michael Who?

Spurlock

Originally posted by AmpLee:

Originally posted by MadDog49er:

Originally posted by MrAdrenaline:
Like Jed said during the preseason game, "When he wants to be here, he'll be here"

In other words, there is an offer on the table, and when he decides to sign it, we'll welcome him with open arms. Definitely sounds like a take it or leave it offer.

I'm all for letting him sit out the entire season if that's what he wants to do. It would suck to lose that draft pick, but at least we wouldn't be overpaying more than teams already do with their 1st round picks. Not only that, but it would be a positive for the NFL in the long run, as it would almost guarantee a future rookie cap, to protect teams from this sort of thing.

Parker is going to cost a lot of future players $$$, as this will certainly work against the players union when negotiating a new CBA. Of course that means less dough in his pocket down the road as well.

You obviously do not know Eugene Parker very well. I encourage the skeptics to do a background search on his clients and cases in the past. I think you will come away very impressed. I know I was.

You state that Parker is going to cost a lot of future players money, but this is an institutional problem that started way before Parker, and will continue down the road until the player's association decides to let the league create a rookie salary system. And, Crabtree is not the only guy who has not signed.

In that the media has been fixated on him before, during, and after the draft, it shows that this player is very unique to the league. And, due to that unique situation, a unique contract has to, and will be, constructed.

Not to pick on you, but there seems to be an overwhelming sentiment that Niners' management is so much tougher than Parker. I beg to differ. The guys on the Niners' side are relatively young and inexperienced, while Parker has been doing this for a long time. A group of young pups are not going to crack an old vet who has faced much more experienced, savvy and grizzled GM's around the league.

Damn dude, why don't you just give the guy a bj already? Seriously, you seem to be rooting for Parker over the organization here and ignoring the fact that he and Crabtree have no leverage. He's making a bold play and the Niners are doing a great thing by standing pat. Show some respect for the organization you root for. This would be a great step forward for the Niners management to stand firm when they are making a fair offer, by all accounts. You seem to WANT the mighty Parker to win and to show how naive and inexperienced our organization is.

I have to agree, this negotiation is about leverage. The age and experience of the members of the respective negotiating teams has nothing to do with it. One hopes that Crabtree has someone mature and wise leading his team.

The Niners have shown over the past several years that they can sign and resign their players to fair contracts, and this holdout has done nothing but strengthen their image as intelligent businessmen who won't be strongarmed, who want to be fair.

So, the question is, who's got the leverage. Crabtree's side wants to present him as some really beautiful, tricked out, new sports car with all the bells and whistles, irrespective of the flat tire of a month ago. An elegant, expensive automobile that should draw a top bid at auction.

The Niners are saying that, yes, he appears to be a great car, but they're not so crazy about sports cars that they're willing to break the bank to make the purchase at the price being demanded.

If the deal doesn't go through, and Crabtree reenters the draft next year, he becomes a year older model competing against all the brand new sports cars and luxury cars of next year--he won't go as high and it will cost him the money he COULD have earned this year--approximately what, $9m or $10m? That will buy alot of gas, and its money he'll NEVER SEE. EVER. Hard to step away from that kind of money.

In addition, the hit Crabtree will take on the public relations front is immeasurable. Already, the "diva" label is being stuck on him, and if he reenters the draft next year, that label could scare off some teams, not to mention the effect it might have on any sponsers--Nike, Underarmor, Gatorade, etc. It could take him years to regain the popularity he would sacrifice by holding out for a year.

If the Niners don't up their offer and lose their #1 pick this year, they don't get compensated next year, and lose Crabs. Meaning they'll have to make do with Morgan, B. Jones, Spurlock, Battle, Hill, Ziggy(?) in the future, and those guys plus Bruce this year. They have plenty of serviceable WRs, and although it would obviously hurt to lose Crabs, it won't hurt them nearly as badly as it will hurt him. IMHO.

Irrespective of their supposed ages, experience, or expertise here, the reality appears to be that the Niners have the leverage, and Crabtree doesn't, even with the inestimable Parker as his agent. IMHO.

Originally posted by King49er:

Originally posted by BigMar:
Michael Who?

Spurlock

Originally posted by King49er:

Originally posted by BigMar:
Michael Who?

Spurlock

Crab-grass

Even Scott Boras gave in some when dealing with Nationals on behalf of Steven Strasburg. Like it or not, Parker will give in some. The 9ers aren't gonna let Crabs sit this long and all the sudden say, "Ok, you win." If that were the case, he would've been signed already.

Crabtree = Cashtree

Thats all the dude thinks right now.

he'll be signed just before the season starts and we'll see him on the field sometime shortly after the bye. He'll be the 4th or 5th WR and will make an EXTREMELY limited impact on the team this year. Next year, though, homeboy better BRING IT.

Originally posted by BigMar:

Originally posted by King49er:

Originally posted by BigMar:
Michael Who?

Spurlock

Crab-grass

no...Spurlock