I listen to Gettleman’s various news conferences and for the most part I thought he came out well
However, there is one point that I do not understand
Gettleman said that he was not looking to trade OBJ, but, the offer from Cleveland was so great that he could not pass it up
This was a football decision
Using this logic if a team came along and offered three first round picks and a player would he trade Barkley? I don’t think that there is a price that he would trade Barkley
When he is saying that the reason that he traded OBJ was he had an offer that he could not refuse
Clearly there was a lot more to the decision
He reveals a lot more in press conferences than Reese ever did, but he’s still not going to outright say they decided OBJ was a problem and needed to be moved. Claiming it was a purely football decision may well be BS, but he’s not going to admit that.
I think if Beckham had a lower-key approach to things, and this kind of production, even with the injuries the Giants wouldn't have been listening.
And that's the thing. There's got to be a motive to pick up the phone and listen in the first place.
As far as what he said about offers and whatever...I mean, this is minutiae. We all know OBJ was traded because he was a problem child and there's a good possiblity the Giants got spooked by the AB situation. I have no problem with that. I think the market for this trade was set at 2 first round picks. How many teams do you really think were going to give that much up? I think we got the best return we were going to get.
As he said if you make the phone call to trade someone, you immediately lose value, teams know you want to trade. Maybe that call to Buffalo, was a way to let out for the right price OBJ could be had (along with the 49er offer).
What he really wanted to say was Beckham was a pain in the ass and getting 3 players to get rid of the drama was too good to pass up.
He wasn't going down that road.
How hard it is for folks to understand?
...the exact same production but had a "Saquon Barkley-like" personality, are you saying OBJ would still be a Giant?
...the exact same production but had a "Saquon Barkley-like" personality, are you saying OBJ would still be a Giant?
Yes, he clearly would be on the Giants if there wasn't the drama cloud around him.
I think every GM does the same thing.
It's just like people getting confused about him saying "we didn't sign him to trade him". It's a public negotiating stance. Simple stuff.