http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2017/03/14/Donta-Hightower-steelers-free-agency-linebacker-new-england-patriots/stories/201703140185Free agent linebacker Dont’a Hightower visited with the Steelers for eight hours Tuesday at the UMPC Rooney Sports Complex on the South Side. And like the rest of the free agents who have passed through those doors this week, he also left without a contract.
more likely pierogiesDonta- leaves Pitt w/o a contract but takes some canolis
And another NFLN reporter suggests that 'leaving' means 'getting on a plane'.Garaffolo tweeted Steelers offer off table if DH leaves, but Post Gazette beat writer tweeted he left. Conflicting info
Wow, BB as Victor Lazlo.Aditi KinkhabwalaVerified account @AKinkhabwala 24m24 minutes ago
#Steelers don't want Dont'a Hightower using them. He's left HQ, but he's been told if he gets on plane w/out signing, that offer is gone.
"You can't play hardball, but we can!"Aditi KinkhabwalaVerified account @AKinkhabwala 24m24 minutes ago
#Steelers don't want Dont'a Hightower using them. He's left HQ, but he's been told if he gets on plane w/out signing, that offer is gone.
Have they heard of phones?Aditi KinkhabwalaVerified account @AKinkhabwala 24m24 minutes ago
#Steelers don't want Dont'a Hightower using them. He's left HQ, but he's been told if he gets on plane w/out signing, that offer is gone.
It's not that. They think that if their offer wasn't good enough to sign right there that it was used as leverage.Have they heard of phones?
Rick: Don't you sometimes wonder if it's worth all this? I mean what you're fighting for.Wow, BB as Victor Lazlo.
I mean, they should understand how free agency works.It's not that. They think that if their offer wasn't good enough to sign right there that it was used as leverage.
They should, but it's the Rooneys. Maybe they're stuck in the 70s.I mean, they should understand how free agency works.
That's cuz the flight is delayed.I know everyone thinks the Steelers are being idiots based on the Kinkhabwala tweet, but it doesn't sound like they're exactly out yet.
Luckily BB arranged for one of the embedded duckboats there to get him out of PittsburghThat's cuz the flight is delayed.
The Patriots' helicopter is waiting for him on the top of the Duquesne Incline.Luckily BB arranged for one of the embedded duckboats there to get him out of Pittsburgh
Or maybe it says they don't want to be used to drive the price up when they have other needs to tend to.Nothing shows love and respect to a free agent like saying if you leave without signing we don't want you
And then caving and continuing contact once he leaves.Nothing shows love and respect to a free agent like saying if you leave without signing we don't want you
Except they're still talking to him, apparently.Or maybe it says they don't want to be used to drive the price up when they have other needs to tend to.
as opposed to the patriots who said, get the best deal you can get and you can decide what is best for you after weighing both offers.Or maybe it says they don't want to be used to drive the price up when they have other needs to tend to.
Ah, the old White Goodman approach: I'm kidding......but seriously......no, I'm joking........but really......And then caving and continuing contact once he leaves.
Except they're still talking to him, apparently.
Not exactly the same but this is what BB supposedly said to Patricia when he interviewed him for DC. Job is open only until you leave the room.Nothing shows love and respect to a free agent like saying if you leave without signing we don't want you
It was when BB interviewed him for hist first coaching assistant job with the Pats. Patricia had offers in the aerospace industry and wanted to talk it over with his wife. BB was not impressed. It took a phone call from a mutual friend/former Patriots staffer to get the job offer back on the table. http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/11/28/nfl-matt-patricia-bill-belichick-patriots-defenseNot exactly the same but this is what BB supposedly said to Patricia when he interviewed him for DC. Job is open only until you leave the room.
This is one of those "Best Alternative to Negotiated Agreement" situations, right? Pittsburgh can use that threat, but they have to then have a plan B, or else they're full of shit.And then caving and continuing contact once he leaves.
Except they're still talking to him, apparently.
And in this case, where Patricia was just some 24-year-old (as dcdrew pointed out, it was his first assistant gig, not DC), Belichick had a clear BATNA - pick any of dozens of smart football-obsessed kids who would have taken the gig.Not exactly the same but this is what BB supposedly said to Patricia when he interviewed him for DC. Job is open only until you leave the room.
All part of the game. Hightower is taking his time and going through the paces to do what is best for him. A patient,disciplined and very intelligent approach in my view. He may never get a chance like this again so why not make the most of it.Or maybe it says they don't want to be used to drive the price up when they have other needs to tend to.
Didn't you learn anything from the 2015 opener? Pats interfered with those to make them listen to Zolak trash talk about how they always falls for the flea flickers.Have they heard of phones?
We are here to serve.I still like All Along The Watchtower. Neat and clean.
Should we get in line for changing the thread title?We are here to serve.