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Originally Posted by Viridel
I would suggest it's quite reasonable behaviour - this is what the arbitrator said you're worth, so let's sit down and extend this thing and I'll give you a premium to this years salary to do it. Logically speaking, the longer one waits, the less inclined the player would be to extend, no?
edit for andy: you should work on those decisions starting day 1 of offseason. gives time to negotiate before the hearing.. if they reach the hearing without a contract extension, the offer you inputed is official at that point and it will be accepted the next day - 100%. that's the problem with waiting... you have a time limit to get it done for the following fiscal year... otherwise anythign you offer is for the following year.
But ultimately, above everything else, all I'm asking for is to "talk to the players agent" and find out what the expectations are. Not to ruin the game with complete and total transparency - but just to give an idea on what the player wouldn't be "offended" by - because the punitive escalators for guessing wrong are just ludicrous.
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well soemthign wasn't clear above... becaue i thought you alredy got a 1 year contract and was offering an extension for the following year?
that's not normal.. a player doesn't sign one contract on december 1st, then another 1 year contract december 5th.
if you waited to the day of or the day after arbitration hearing... well he's already got or about to have a 1 year contract. it's already been submitted based on your choosing, hopefully. you get many days after season ends to input or withdraw the offer.
you can see current arbitration estimate before you get there... the ai poops those values into the offers day one of the offseason.. it won't be off by too much. you can 'offer' to see if they will take somethign cheaper or if you think they will be awarded more in arbitration due to performance.
the answer has been given... if you offer and they respond with a 1 year request during those years... they simply won't sign a multiyear deal unless you actually pay them more than what they'd get in arbitration. (not sure if that is even true... but i'd assume you offer 2years @ 20M to an RP he will take it)
personality is a big part of this, but role sets the template or outline of what will occur in the future as far as escalating values and willingness to sign a multi-year deal.
you want him for multiple years... he doesn't want to sign... it's not about being offended, unless you offered too many contracts he didn't like.
if they continue to counter with 1-year and you keep reducing length instead of asking for the same length... and it still coutners with 1 year... they will never sign a multi-year deal in that situation... you don't get what you want, and that is the problem here i think. sometimes you don't get what you want in this game regarding contracts, not unlike real life.