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ferret111 · 10-31-2018, 07:12 PM

whenever i try to sign these guys, they turn down anything i offer unless i just meet the demand, than i see people hired them for half of what they were asking for, whats the deal? there something to this that im not getting?

mitchkenn · 10-31-2018, 07:28 PM

i've found that early in the process, they turn down anything that doesn't meet their demands. (And sometimes even turn that down waiting for a better offer.) But as time winds down, and the pool gets thinner, sometimes (not often) they will take less than their original demand. problem with waiting, is if you need a SS, there may not be a good one left later on.

ferret111 · 10-31-2018, 08:57 PM

was pretty late in the process, they said no to my offer, than 2 days later htey took another lower offer

Critical Mass · 10-31-2018, 11:18 PM

Maybe just like other free agents, they prefer one team/city/region over another? Why play in Colorado when you can play in Florida.

BirdWatcher · 11-01-2018, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Critical Mass

Maybe just like other free agents, they prefer one team/city/region over another? Why play in Colorado when you can play in Florida.

Um, well, let's see- because Colorado is pretty much the best place to live in the world!

NoOne · 11-02-2018, 02:20 PM

as long as they add an "s" to aspen.

BirdWatcher · 11-05-2018, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by NoOne

as long as they add an "s" to aspen.

Well, Aspen is sort of a different world. Not really Colorado, not really part of any known reality.
Great art museum, gorgeous setting, kind of fun to visit every now and then. But also very cut off from the reality of most people in the world. One very much gets the feeling when in Aspen that a good percentage of the people you come in contact with there spend much of their life jetting from one privileged place to another without a great deal of experience with how the 99% live. That can be fascinating to observe occasionally, even if also pretty annoying.

Still, that drive over Independence Pass (if, like me, you choose to approach Aspen from that direction) is enough to tell you that Colorado is one of the nearest spots to heaven on earth.

10-31-2018, 07:12 PM	#1
ferret111 Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 9	international free agents bonus whenever i try to sign these guys, they turn down anything i offer unless i just meet the demand, than i see people hired them for half of what they were asking for, whats the deal? there something to this that im not getting?

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mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	i've found that early in the process, they turn down anything that doesn't meet their demands. (And sometimes even turn that down waiting for a better offer.) But as time winds down, and the pool gets thinner, sometimes (not often) they will take less than their original demand. problem with waiting, is if you need a SS, there may not be a good one left later on. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

10-31-2018, 08:57 PM	#3
ferret111 Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 9	was pretty late in the process, they said no to my offer, than 2 days later htey took another lower offer

10-31-2018, 11:18 PM	#4
Critical Mass Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 273	Maybe just like other free agents, they prefer one team/city/region over another? Why play in Colorado when you can play in Florida.

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NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	as long as they add an "s" to aspen.