09-26-2021, 01:36 PM
(09-26-2021, 01:25 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I think you might be right, but unfortunately, it's case-by-case. And, we won't know we're safe for about 4 more years. To @"cow"'s point, we really have no choice but to worry about that, at least a little. I don't know what the solution is, or who to blame, or even if it's a bad thing, really, but the fear is real enough to have us talking about it.
Fair enough. I did actually say that the fear was overblown, not that it was completely irrational.
Once upon a time you could lose and keep your players because players couldn't leave. Now you have to win to keep your players. I can see where that can be a bit scary, but it's not all that new.
Maybe the new thing is players forcing their way out mid contract. That doesn't scare me much. It still doesn't happen a lot. Simmons situation isn't even exactly that. The team said and did things to push him away.
Maybe my Mavs take here is just based on how I live my life. I don't really fear bad things happenning in the future. I just wait and do all the suffering after they happen! :-)
Inordinate fear just means you suffer before and after, instead of just after.