Could be. Whoever it is has done a great job. Ultimately, of course, the owner and GM always sign off on those deals, but someone else usually does a majority of the legwork. The Charles and Johnson extensions were great deals, because we weren't buying at their lowest, but we still retained promising players for a long period of time before their price escalated due to the open market.
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