How did I get the facts mixed up? You said in his greed he left for an extra $2.5/year. I just corrected and said the difference in the deals was about $50 million (4 years $80 million vs. 6 years $137 million, plus an 7th option year that would bump it up to about $150 million).
As far as the stuff about him giving up on the team, I don't know anything about that. I was going off of what you said in your original post about the differences in the deals he was offered by both teams. I understand it sucks when a guy leaves a team he came up with for any reason, and especially when its for money. But I do think there's a difference when a guy leaves for a marginal difference in per year salary, or just one extra year, vs. when a guy leaves for potentially 3 extra years and an extra $57 million, possibly $70 million depending on options. That's all.
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