Originally Posted by SensibleChiefsfan (Post 6250730)

For those of you celebrating his release..... he WINS.

He wanted out of here... he got out of here. He wanted to make this year's salary from the Chiefs.... he made this year's salary from the Chiefs.

He wants to play for another team.... he will play for another team.

So, YAY!.... the spoiled brat gets his way and gets to collect the rest of his 5 million dollar salary.

Just another example of the Chiefs taking a situation this year, and handling it in the worst way possible.

This doesn't send a message about you need to behave. It says, if you really mess up, you can go play somewhere else for a coach who knows more about football than golf.

Originally Posted by HemiEd (Post 6250829)

It makes you wonder, just how long he has been a distraction, and to what extent.
The 2007 team had a rep for that, and LJ was rumored to be a major part of the problem IIRC.

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy (Post 6250849)

They can still go after the money.

Originally Posted by King_Chief_Fan (Post 6250912)

so now that he is gone, the Chiefs will start winning:D

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2 (Post 6250924)

When they were meeting with his agent last week, don't you think they covered this issue?

Originally Posted by Big Dog (Post 6250751)

He wins? Sure he collects a little over 2 mil. He also loses 1/5 mil in bonuses (20% salary reduction) and the 22.5 million of the rest of his contract. He left in a mire of locker room and off field issues that will make other teams wary to pick him up and most likely sign him to only short deals ridden with performance incentives as opposed to outright salary and bonuses.

He lost his chance to be the Chiefs all time leading rusher, which probably hurts his ego more than any cash issues he faces hurts his wallet. He'll have to be lucky to be signed by another team, stay healthy and keep his mouth shut to make anywhere near the money he was going to get if he had done those things with the Chiefs...in essence he lost all his job security.

He may still be getting a little 'cake' from the Chiefs, but that alone doesn't make him a winner.

Originally Posted by Brock (Post 6250780)

Yeah, right. He wins. He could have had a hall of fame career, but instead nobody will even remember him 5 years from now.

Originally Posted by King_Chief_Fan (Post 6250912)

so now that he is gone, the Chiefs will start winning:D

Originally Posted by jidar (Post 6250802)

Why should I as a fan, or the Chiefs as a franchise give a shit about this?
Is that how we grade our decision making? By whether or not we can stick to somebody who pissed us off? I think I'd rather see our decision making based around what is most likely to make us a better team, and by that logic the Chiefs did the right thing.

PS, OP has the most misleading name ever.

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy (Post 6250970)

They could have, but it's going to need to go through an arbitrator and all that stuff.

It's not just going to be worked on with the agent and the team.

Originally Posted by frazod (Post 6250839)

He won the day that **** Peterson gave him that bloated, undeserved, reeruned, ridiculous new contract. Every day since has been a loss for this organization and fan base. Yesterday we stopped the bleeding.

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2 (Post 6250995)

Why would it need to go to an arbitrator?

Originally Posted by Big Dog (Post 6250751)

He wins? Sure he collects a little over 2 mil. He also loses 1/5 mil in bonuses (20% salary reduction) and the 22.5 million of the rest of his contract. He left in a mire of locker room and off field issues that will make other teams wary to pick him up and most likely sign him to only short deals ridden with performance incentives as opposed to outright salary and bonuses.

He lost his chance to be the Chiefs all time leading rusher, which probably hurts his ego more than any cash issues he faces hurts his wallet. He'll have to be lucky to be signed by another team, stay healthy and keep his mouth shut to make anywhere near the money he was going to get if he had done those things with the Chiefs...in essence he lost all his job security.

He may still be getting a little 'cake' from the Chiefs, but that alone doesn't make him a winner.