JoeRedskin
04-07-2004, 04:32 PM
What are we doing paying Bruce Smith 2 million ++. I know we wavied him, but I thought he retired.
BTW - I was wondering, where did you get this number? From what I recall, Bruce had a relatively small signing bonus which should have been mostly pro-rated out by now. A 2 million dollar cap hit seems pretty high.
My recollection was that he had a four year contract with a 3 Million SB, which would make this the last year of the contract with a cap hit of 750K. Maybe I am thinking of someone else.
]<ing
04-07-2004, 04:44 PM
From what I have read Bruce is still thinking about playing somewhere this upcoming season.
:laughing-
JoeRedskin
04-07-2004, 04:54 PM
]<ing - Note that I didn't say anyone would sign him. I should have said Bruce may be hoping to play somewhere this year.
Skins fan 44
04-07-2004, 05:18 PM
JoeRedskin: Thanks for clearing thing up.
I got the 2.3 million on bruce smith from the salary cap figures thread. Click on the 2004 salaries. I bumped for you.
]<ing
04-07-2004, 05:37 PM
]<ing - Note that I didn't say anyone would sign him. I should have said Bruce may be hoping to play somewhere this year.
Yeah -- I'm not laughing that you said it, I'm laughing at the idea of him thinking that he has anything left.
skinsfanthru&thru
04-08-2004, 02:24 AM
he's still hungering for that elusive ring. I liked him until he started whining about starting and playing more even though he wasn't very productive on a consistent basis. and didn't he also say he wasn't still playing to get the record, but for his team and teammates? what a load of crappola.
dieselhog
04-08-2004, 08:58 AM
Smith did so much fence sitting he had splinters in his ass. He wouldn't make the decision so it was made for him, we needed the cap space now rather than later as we wouldn't have been able to sign Marcus Washington and the other guys otherwise.
Skins have improved their offer to Holdman.
Dave Butz Baby!
04-08-2004, 03:13 PM
<ing']I don't think anyones signed Gold yet -- Chicago is still talking about picking him up.
Nope, he's still hanging around with a phone that's apparently not ringing. He's asking for entirely way too much money.
Think there's any correlation between said silent phone and the fact that he's represented by some dude named Poston?
Hmmmm....... Could be!
;)
SKINSnCANES
04-08-2004, 05:30 PM
We gave him a new offer today, I guess the Skins really want to get him
SKINSnCANES
04-08-2004, 08:31 PM
FYI, I met all of the Skins after the game against the dolphins. I was standing next to Snyder when Bruce Smith was complaining about his contract. I have no respect for Bruce Smith or Matt Bowen because they were the only two Skins that wouldnt talk to me or give me an autograph. They were both arrogant, pompus and basically assholes. Matt Bowen wouldnt even look at me, then I watched him take money from his mom to have some spending money, what a chump...