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Originally Posted by O.city
Yes, but if he's in his prime and playing at this current level, you're probably not too worried about paying him that money. He'd easily bring that value and be worth it.
Basically what th cards did with holliday. If the guys war and money match up, it's not a problem
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Exactly.
Best case scenario is that you offer him a deal that
starts at FMV in his first season with no poison pills throughout. It's then very slightly backloaded to ensure that it stays within market but again - no poison pills so if he doesn't play to that level, you can cut him.
At that point, he's getting fair wages and is still incentivized to bust his ass to perform and ensure future bank.
Now that never happens because of the wonkiness of the signing bonus structure, but it's why I HATE heavily backloaded deals or contracts where they try to keep money out of year 1. It makes later seasons extremely difficult to deal with and puts the player in a position where perhaps his salary is out of whack with his production even if he continues to produce at the same level. Then the team goes and asks him to take a paycut and the relationship gets acrimonious.
I love Watt's present deal with Houston. It pays him fairly and almost certainly in line with the market and his production for every year of the deal. It's a contract that both sides should be able to play under, keeping the annual mud-slinging contract battles to a minimum. It's a great deal for both sides and I would love to see Houston agree to a similar one.