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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy
Now, look at this for Albert's perspective. You played out what ended up being a sweet heart deal for the Cards without so much as a complaint and carried the team for a decade. You expect to be rewarded for your service for a close to market value contract when the next one is up and what do the Cards do? They low ball a 5 year deal when the guy is looking for 10 and is obviously worth it to a few teams. I would guess after that offer came out he was probably dead set against returning the Cards regardless of what they raised the offer to. I think it was more pride and anger then greed, but that's just my opinion.
If I was a Cards fan I would be angry with the front office for low balling him initially which from the wifes interview was the start of the problem.
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I would have been real angry at the FO if they crippled the franchise with the contract that AP wanted. Just like AP is looking at things from a business perspective, so were the Cardinals. They just simply couldn't complete both objectives. Given the salary constraints the club was imposing, the club simply couldn't afford to give Albert the contract he really wanted. They came pretty damn close though in the grand scheme of things. They couldn't come to an agreement, and that's fine. Then AP can quit his babbling that he wanted to be a Cardinal for life because in the end the money was more important. Oh, and he can speak for himself instead of letting his wife do it for him.